Problems of residents of Kabul with smell and suffocation due to the increasing heap of garbage and filth in different parts of city is increasing day by day and this problem seems to get worse with the passage of time. There are many parts of city where smell due to garbage and stagnant water becomes intolerable. With these, not only the residents but also the passerby are much disturbed but it has also increased the rate of many diseases especially the viral ones which are getting easily transmitted.
The biggest problem in this regard is the lack of awareness in the public about healthy habits. People are in habit of throwing their waste materials anywhere in the road. Due to this habit, all the road side sewerage ditches have got filled with different waste materials and there is no flow of water in them. Due to this reason, the still water becomes stagnant and turns into a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes and numerous viral germs.
People are also not in habit of using the given facilities properly. It is a common scene that people throw the waste material outside their houses or throw it outside the given waste baskets. At some places, these waste materials spread on the road and create problem for the pedestrians and the vehicle drivers.
On the other hand, facilities provided by the city municipality are not sufficient according to the huge population of city. The waste collection containers kept at different locations of the city are not enough to meet the requirements of the city while the collection of garbage from these points is not done on much regular basis (and it gets even worse in the backward parts of the city).
If some essential steps were not taken in this regard, conditions will get even worse. Those who come from foreign countries or cities criticize the capital city for its poor cleanliness and hygiene and if the same condition persisted, the name and reputation of city may further deteriorate.
In advanced countries of the world, the waste products of city have become a good source of revenue and with this revenue, all the expenses to keep the cities clean are comprehensively met. Government may start work on these lines and there can be many international business organizations willing to invest in this work.
Arousing awareness in public about cleanliness can also play vital role in this regard. But as a further advance step, punishments and fines can be introduced so that people should be more careful in this regard. There can mass training programs on different medium about habits to generate less and less waste materials and show carefulness in this regard. Such concrete steps can bring a permanent and sustainable end to this problem.