Much has been written in our blogs about the Student’s Week and the consequent Safai Day that followed at the Department of Mass Communications. You might say that the subject has been done to the death, but I have a rather different aspect to discuss.
Tuesday Nov 2nd was celebrated as Safai Day in our department with texts messages floating the day before that those interested in cleaning up the department should come with sponges surf and other cleaning supplies.
The day began like just any other day with students gathering in the main lobby to discuss the plan of action. Brooms and mops were grabbed, detergent water to wipe the walls was prepared, Scotch Brites were fought over, sleeves were rolled up and work began. Paparazzi soon joined in and pictures were being taken all over the department of the working brigade, after all someone needed to document the noble work the students were doing for the department.
The department janitor feeling left out of the action jumped in with a hose and splashed all corners and walls of the lobby with water. The work was enjoyed thoroughly by the participants and after all was done the lobby did present a brand new and clean look.
However what got to me was why was all the cleaning only concentrated at the main central lobby. Why were the adjoining corridors, the classrooms and the top floor left out? After all isn’t Safai Day supposed to be about complete ‘safai’. The water cooler looks as disgusting as it did before with paan stains all around it. Our classrooms are still dirty. Dustbins are still overflowing with rubbish. You step in the lobby and you get a good image but you turn to the corridor and the image changes. Perhaps Safai Day should instead have been Safai Week with us working from the inside out and not just on the outside. This way all classrooms would’ve been cleaned.
I do not mean to undermine the work done by my fellow students. In fact I believe it is great that MCDians are always so eager and keen to participate in all sort of activities. But I do feel that the activity was ill planned and incomplete and so I am voicing my concerns here as I know that most of them will read it. Maybe next time a well thought out and planned Safai Day would bring out even better results.
We were not celebrarting a "SAFAI DAY" FYI!!! a few ppl just planned to clean on their own as much as they can. and the rest feeling a bit ashamed u can say, started to join them, and by the way its not the duty of students to clean the mess. they cleaned the paan stains all by their selves near photostate shop.they have to attended the classes as well and was doing safai too. its just another usual day.. u were not a part of it, may be thats y u r criticizing.
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