Public Property Belongs To All of us

' Public Property Belongs To All of us '

      Institutions or services maintained by the government for the benefit of the common people are called public property. Education, Transport and Health are the major services rendered free of charge or at a bearable cost to the community. The government schools provide the children with education, books and uniforms without any charge. A selected group has the opportunity to have free education at the universities too. Most of the medicine, facilities for pathological tests and surgeries are available in government hospitals at no charge. Public transport system - trains, buses provide an efficient service at our minimum cost.

      But do we take care of the public property that serves us at every occasion of our life? Selfish people damage the physical property while taking the maximum advantage out of it. They do not think of the expenditure on them or the successors who will seek the benefit in the future. Garbage dumped carelessly in the environment, purposely broken furniture and damage done in buses and trains prove the carelessness of a selfish community.

      Positive thoughts of loving and taking care of the public property should be inculcated since the early childhood. Schools can organize awareness programmes to introduce students, their obligations and responsibilities regarding this issue.

     Protecting the common property as our loved personal belongings can spare them for the future without wasting the money of the country. It is the responsibility of an honest citizen.