Street lighting, cleaning, drainage (1940's)

Before India partition (<1947)

Street Lighting. - without electricity ???
There was a kerosene lamp fixed by government on some spots in the street. Service-man would come each evening; carrying a ladder on shoulder and a kerosene tin with funnel. He would take out the remaining kerosene from the lamp (in a container) and refill the lamp with fresh, and lit it. He would return in the morning to put it off.

Supress dust and clean streets: No automation ???
Water-man used to come and sprinkle water in the street, couple of times a day during the summer to suppress dust from blowing by wind. Another person, a sweeper will sweep through the street, remove any garbage before sunrise. They were paid employees of the government, but residents also took care of with food and some money.

Toilets and drainage. - No Flush - No Sewerage ???
Toilets were inside the house (usually on the top) to be cleared by monthly paid persons. Garbage was dumped away from the locality.
Used water from houses would flow into the open drain running in the center of street. It did not come in way of horse-driven carriages or bullock-carts or the bikes.

2009 - Powr Supply
We have been told for years and years that arrangement was being made for UNINTERRUPTED power supply in Pakistan. Source of hydroelectricity, grid stations, funds have been pouring in, loans granted but power shutdown sufferings are not seen in the near future.
Much of the power production is consumed by the industrial estates which can easily pool in to set up their own power plants.
There are capable people who can find a solution to this problem.

Street and Roads cleaning
I will talk about Lahore Pakistan cleaning streets and I like to mention specially of the service roads for main road - Mall Road - being sweped with large handheld brooms blowing up dust just at the time when office workers are going for job and school children are on their way to schools. I myself saw a huge pile of garbage INSIDE the provisional assembly compound and I wrote a letter at that time Mr. Hanif Ramay the then Governor. I saw in Islamabad, Pakistan a dump of garbage just behind the wall which read a religious instruction, "safa-ee aadha imaan".

Who cares!
Some vehicles are driven fast through the water collected on street/road sides splashing water on the pedestrians.

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