You can throw your trash anywhere in the city, but see the warning here which may have gone un-noticed perhaps but people throw inspite of such warnings, maybe the spelling mistake of "su'ar' is purposeful to reduce the intended effect of fourletter word. (for those who dont read Urdu- Thrower of trash here is a dog and a son of swine-- Su'ar is with seen to be correct but here it is written with suad)
Some explanations are however warranted.
The title is unpleasant if you are familiar with Panjabi. I have these pictures for explanation.
Like you are going around anywhere in any city or village or town in Pakistan (and probably in India too) and you come across a pile of rubbish, refuse on a street corner as you see in the lower one. (Has nothing to do with the political ad you see on the wall although it may strike some similarity in 'spirit').
"Roorri" is not hindi-urdu word and I dont know the exact etymological explanation for it. It stands for a place where all refuse (Koorra kerkut) is dumped but not the dust-bin or trash-can which is what we see in other countries. This particular "roorri' is in Model Town Gujranwala (generally considered a new and 'better' part of town) and the upper one is in Lahore (there are many in Lahore I saw even in relatively more expensive areas).
All kind of trash etc. is thrown 'conveniently' regardless of its imediate or later odorific emanations which are evidently diluted in the whole area/city vapor.
Since the invention of cellophane bags the bags have come to occupy a lot of space on the "roorri". They are, as expected, frequently explored by stray dogs and cats and area poultry representatives including some passing pigeons who may find some'eatables' there. No doubt their beaks exercising abilities and deftful and exploratory use of claws do a restructuring of the (once recognizable) bags. For flies that is a clear jannat where they breed and feed and reproduce profusely.
Why do we have that in Pakistan?
Well, there is occasional removal of this trash by the city management on some chhakra or Lorry or some such vehicle which only encourages the residents to refil it again at their own free will. Most street corners are 'decorated' with these unsightly sights and I find them unchanged year after year. Is there no other better way of trash disposal? Could all inhabitants of Pakistan be educated about this?
Would welcome your comments and suggestions even if it is just to amuse ourselves like 'khayali pulao'
Some explanations are however warranted.The title is unpleasant if you are familiar with Panjabi. I have these pictures for explanation.
Like you are going around anywhere in any city or village or town in Pakistan (and probably in India too) and you come across a pile of rubbish, refuse on a street corner as you see in the lower one. (Has nothing to do with the political ad you see on the wall although it may strike some similarity in 'spirit').
"Roorri" is not hindi-urdu word and I dont know the exact etymological explanation for it. It stands for a place where all refuse (Koorra kerkut) is dumped but not the dust-bin or trash-can which is what we see in other countries. This particular "roorri' is in Model Town Gujranwala (generally considered a new and 'better' part of town) and the upper one is in Lahore (there are many in Lahore I saw even in relatively more expensive areas).
All kind of trash etc. is thrown 'conveniently' regardless of its imediate or later odorific emanations which are evidently diluted in the whole area/city vapor.
Since the invention of cellophane bags the bags have come to occupy a lot of space on the "roorri". They are, as expected, frequently explored by stray dogs and cats and area poultry representatives including some passing pigeons who may find some'eatables' there. No doubt their beaks exercising abilities and deftful and exploratory use of claws do a restructuring of the (once recognizable) bags. For flies that is a clear jannat where they breed and feed and reproduce profusely.
Why do we have that in Pakistan?
Well, there is occasional removal of this trash by the city management on some chhakra or Lorry or some such vehicle which only encourages the residents to refil it again at their own free will. Most street corners are 'decorated' with these unsightly sights and I find them unchanged year after year. Is there no other better way of trash disposal? Could all inhabitants of Pakistan be educated about this?
Would welcome your comments and suggestions even if it is just to amuse ourselves like 'khayali pulao'
7 comments:
As you said: Has nothing to do with the political ad you see on the wall although it may strike some similarity in 'spirit' !!
Here you go - this is the answer !
We have no local level infra-structure.
Na engine ki khubi,
na kamale-driver
Bus khuda ke sahare,
chali ja rahi hai
(sorry, but I returned very dishearted because of country's affairs)
Mystic, yehi hall mera hay
Allah Pakistan ko bachalay in afaton say Ameen
I feel there has never been any thinking on 'infra-structure' over the last 60+ years.
when we went to pakistan in 1988 i remember talking to the driver who drove Nani Ammi to/from the hospital when she was having her cateract surgery. I was twelve at the time and he taught me the double-sided coin trick which Fahad and Faizan loved so much.
Anyway he had an opinion about trash and unsightly views and awful smells in Pakistan. Once he saw an old man with a long beard sitting on top of a sewer line which had burst and foul-smelling sewage had spread into a disgusting pool. He was sitting on top of the rusted sewer line eating. Who in their right mind would want to have their meal in such a stench? asked the driver of the old man. Why don't you go someplace cleaner to eat? The old man replied something like "Eh Pakistan hai paa ji, eh koi Amreeka naihn."
I think back to other Pakistanis I have talked to, one of whom once told me he was glad Pakistan had a system of corruption that was well-guarded because he, as a member of the rich elite, was able to do so much more so much more easily. Another time I remember another Pakistani reminscing about the dirt and "chichori lines" at the bazaar and disorder in general.
The problem is that the lack of infrastructure has become not just tolerated, not just accepted, but actually embraced, and at least some Pakistanis see fit to take pride in this mark of "Pakistaniyat."
Kind of ironic when you remember what the word "Pakistan" literally means.
In the early years of Communist China, part of the revolutionary zeal of the new republic was to instill a sense of civic pride in the people. They used the zeal of a new country, new government, and the hope of a brighter future to encourage everyone to keep their country beautiful. So you found, decades before "Adopt a Highway" programs, a volunteer spirit that made ordinary people pick up litter from public streets. They essentially volunteered their services, and their only reward was emotional, not financial.
Of course they had one "asset" that Pakistan does not have: novelty. Maybe such a spirit would have worked better when Pakistan was looking toward the future rather than being mired in the past. But my thinking is, just as a parent can't keep cleaning up after a child and must teach the child a sense of cleanliness so he doesn't make a mess to begin with, so the State can't simply clean up after its people without somehow changing the culture to make people take pride in cleanliness rather than filth and disorder.
Yes, you have a point here.
I wish the leadership, when Pakistan was created, would have taken that step
"Pakistan ko pak rakho"
qism ka n'arah would have been very effective because at that time we had that "novelty" and the spirits were high. People would have volunteered.
I think some such leader can still do it Bhutto marhoom could have done it but he was only politically oriented for grabbing power through Islamic socialism"
the familiar sights and sounds of our Pakistan.whenever we take a trip to Pakistan and have some kleenex in our hands ,we just cannot discard them in the street.instead we carry them home and then discard them in a trash can .The following day the sweepress carries the trash can out and dumps it on the roadside????????that is disheartening because the whole country is like a big trash can!!!!!!!!
Raana bhabi, you said it.
, but you have also added another perspective of how we do when we go there but it seems unavoidable, the roorri remains no matter what.
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