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Parks of Varanasi

This post is triggered to place on record comments made by me on mygov.in with regard to invitations for Ideas the Parks of Varanasi.

These should be widely applicable to all parks in general, in a country struggling to efficiently deploy its resources for the benefit of the struggling masses.

Trees can be planted in several places and not just in parks...
People can have walking paths in other places and not just parks...
People can invest time, money and effort in making other essential things better like helping the poor, homeless, ill and not just pour resources into parks...
Politicians like parks...MAYAWATI made many many parks...

BETTER is to make these parks RESPONSIBLE for Recycling for the AREA around them..
All manure used should be self-generated..all surrounding locality Garbage should be processed (segregated) there and then dispatched further..
SALE of recyclable waste and taking effort out of municipality will make these Parks as self-financing or revenue-generating centers...

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