Tag: civics

Public Facilities are facilities in the form of institutions that are accessed and utilised by public at large. Some facilities are provided either by Government or Private entity or both. Private companies provide schooling facilities and there are several educational institutions in India run by private companies. Long distance transportation facility for public, and Private Hospitals for medical facilities are also provided by private companies.

Public facilities are related to the basic needs of the people. So these facilities are provided by the government at the lower prices for the welfare of the people. It is the prime duty of the government to provide these facilities at a price which can be afforded by everyone.

The Government has the responsibility of providing 'Public Facilities' to all its citizens. The important characteristic of a public facility is that once it is provided, its benefits can be shared by many people. For instance, a school in the village will enable many children to get educated. Similarly, the supply of electricity to an area can be useful for many people. 

Government works for the welfare of people. In Democracy the structure of government is mostly Socialistic and welfare kind. The facilities that are available to the public at large and can be availed by everyone are called public facilities. The Government provides the facility of Healthcare, water, sanitation essentially to the public for preventing any kind of monopoly on them and making sure that no one is left behind is access to these facilities. These are less profitable and consume a huge amount of money.

The public facilities provided by government are the roads, banking services, electricity, drinking water, etc. But bottled drinking water is not provided by the government.

Facilities that are provided by private companies in the market are for obtaining more and more profits. They provide these facilities in different packaging and attractive labeling for high prices. These prices are affordable only for the rich class people.

The right to life is a moral principle based on the belief that a human being has the right to live and, in particular, should not be killed by another human being.

In India, the right to water is not enshrined as a fundamental right in the national Constitution. But courts at both state and federal level have interpreted Article 21 of the Constitution, the right to life, as encompassing the right to safe and sufficient water and sanitation.

This is the old method of rain water storage and recharge. In olden days people built deep step wells into the ground. These deep step wells are called the Bawris. During rainy season these wells are filled with water. The water is stored in these wells for a long time because they are very deep and the evaporation of water becomes less. 

'Every drop counts' is the slogan related to the importance of water. Water is very important for humans as well as for animals. But fresh water is less than one percent of water available on the Earth.