The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu chairing the meeting on Swatch Bharat Mission, in New Delhi on September 23, 2015. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are also seen.
The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri J P Nadda participated in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan at the GTB Hospital at Delhi. He lead a cleanliness campaign in the hospital premises in which doctors and the hospital staff also participated. He also inspected the waste management system in the hospital. He interacted with patients and inspired them to keep their environs clean and hygienic. He stated that the Swachh Bharat programme of the Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi will lead to a healthier India.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today initiated the drive towards a clean Ganga, as he participated in shramdaan to remove dirt on the banks of the River Ganga at Assi Ghat in Varanasi.
The Prime Minister later nominated nine eminent persons to carry forward the task. He said social organizations in Varanasi have assured him that the work of cleaning the Ghats in the city shall be completed in one month.
Earlier, Shri Narendra Modi offered prayers and performed Aarti Pujan at Assi Ghat.
Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has urged the voluntary consumer organizations to actively participate in the endeavour of Swachh Bharat Mission and undertake responsibility of cleanliness of atleast one toilet in a girl's school for the entire year.
In a communication to the Voluntary Consumer Organizations and NGOs, working in the field of consumer welfare in close coordination with the Ministry, the Department has asked them to run awareness campaigns to mobilize the people for Swachh Bharat Mission by organizing debate, essay and poster competitions among consumers in particular and people in general.
Mr Nadrendra Modi sir is true son of India that he has started this mission. But why do we need such a mission to clean our India? Can't we clean her without a mission, with true respect.
Ek Bharat Ka Nagarik Hone Ke Nathe Mai Ye Pran (Oath) Letha Hu ki Me Sarda ya Kisi Bhi Sarvjani Jagh (Public Place) uh kisi prkar ka Koi Kachra Nahi Fenkunga, na hi Kanhi Bhi Thook Kar (spitting) sh Gandagi Karoonga.
"Sawnyam Ka Sudhar Hi Samaj Sudhar Hain"
Swatch Bharat Nirman ke Sawapan (Dream) ko sakar karne me Sayog Karoonga.
Very good initiative. I hope now people will understand the importance of cleanliness. I also hope government would ban Gutkha and Tambaku to achieve this goal in long run.
Indian people act and behave according to their own convenience. If we want to change this attitude then we can only implement it by moral policing, Voluntary medium of motivation will help but will not last long if not supported by moral policing.
4. A criteria needs to be set for appointing this people eg.
what is the website that is dedicated to this campaign ?
very beautiful starts for this cleaning systems in india growth .
To get this into the culture of the people.. why not implement as a program in schools where students and parents have to sign up for compulsory volunteer hours for a cleanliness drive in a calendar year.
Very beatiful starts for this cleaning system in India growth.
Proud to be a Indian.
Swach Bharat Abhiyan without Tobacco Ban !!!
Things like Pan Masala, Gutkha and Tobacco products must have total ban. Have you seen people in US offices and home chew pan masala and gutkha? Why is India not considering complete ban on these products? If Prime Minister is really serious on cleanliness and health of its citizens, he must put total ban on tobacco and liquor products sold in markets regardless of how much funds and tax revenues it generate.
In case of govt.departement like subzi mandi in pathankot (punjab). Where there is a responsibility of market comitee to clean the subzi mandi every day.
but the department is no more concern abt this.
the waste fruits and vegetables are dumped in between the roads of mandi.
but the departement is not even 10% interested in cleanness.
I hope the govt should impose strictly this plan first on these govt departements.
Respected PM Sri Narendrabhai Modi.
We being Indian Citizen Proud to have a visionary and result oriented PM like you.
Also overwhelmed with your recent initiative to make our home – our nation clean with 'SVATCHA BHARAT" Campaign as Shri Mahatma Gandhiji always had dreamt about.
It is to share as a member of our big family – Nation that at one hand you driving "SVATCHA BHARAT" Campaign, Nation wide, whereas on other side few Business House namely PRATHNA BUILDCON PVT. LTD. Ahmedabad, Gujarat, not even considering the Chronic issues like drainage leakage and overflow in the Building Premises with approximately 150 residential units at " Prathna Greens" developed by PRATHNA BUILDCON PVT. LTD. Under Survey no. 635, T.P. Scheme No. 9 (Vasanahadmatia-Sargasan-Uvarsad-Tarapur) at Sargasan Cross (KH) Road, Gandhinagar. Gujarat and been overlooked by PRATHNA BUILDCON PVT. LTD.
This Problem of Drainage leakage and overflow may cause in severe health and hygiene related problems.
Inspite of the several complaints by residents of "PRATHNA GREENS" to the MD of PRATHNA BUILDCON PVT. LTD. Mr. Jagdish Thakkar (Mobile: +91-98250 68731) and their representative at sitting at the "Prathna Greens" booking office Mr. Girish, there is no remarkable action on this issue.
While people of India has supported Swach Bharat momentum at large, there are group of people who does not believe in this concept. Prior to I describe about one the group of people, let me put it in my words that what does it mean to "Swach Bharat" for me this mission is cleanliness drive to keep our environment clean & hygiene, for us, our child & our near n dear ones which means for me is no diseases, better health for us; in short a healthy India.
something needs to be done with regard to Spitting on roads and chewing gutkha and pan. ppl driving vehicles they keep spitting from the windows which falls on the road with a splash of road.
This should be made a punishable offense.
I completely agree with most of the above comments provided by my fellow Indians.
I was searching for a place like a website or an email id which can be used by all of the Indians to give our suggestions & views as to how together we can achieve "Swachh Bharat" within the specified period of time.
As a common person I observe so many atrocities done by people, but do not know where to complain regarding the same.
1. I see people spitting on the roads from buses or from any vehicles. They don't think that it might fall on other people or they are dirtying the place. But I feel like talking to them & telling them that is wrong , but I am scared as I think they might hurt me.
So if every citizen was given authority to complain regarding the person doing the wrong things then each of us will be afraid to do any wrong thinking somebody might be observing.
2. I have seen people breaking most of the traffic rules, but how can a common man who sees this can complain?
3. Garbage is not segregated in any houses even though they have introduced the segregation methods. The garbage collectors who come to collect garbage, themselves dump it in some open place like a road end or so & go.
so we need the separate collecting bins (recyclables, Wet waste, e-waste )for the each society.It should be made compulsory that every household dumps each of these separately to the respective bins.
4. Most of the public toilets are very dirty. Even though it is a pay & use toilet it is dirty.
Please provide us with an email id or a suggestions/ comments page to send our genuine problems and views which can be used by the officials to solve the problems reported.
3. There are one time cleaning stops, which list should be made by civic authorities. So that events can be conducted on those list so that civic authorities will be responsible after the event.
4. First take up public places like Bus stops, Railway stations, Schools, Colleges, Markets to show immediate results by which more people will be enroll in the drive.
5. Govt should introduce more dust bins and increase staff with little higher pay to clear all the dustbins regularly.
We are also taking this Swachha Bharath ahead by having started at our factories - Peenya, Dobbaspet & Mysore. We got the entire area cleaned- Outside our factory, our compound wall & even the opposite one and have got the walls painted with Swachha bharath message.
I just want to know that if someone who is increasing impurity and if somebody stop him then he says who only you are stopping to me , there is lots of people they don't have any issue then why you telling.
and police also supporting to him.
Sir nobody is readyto help, they are telling that why only you are complinting you, I gave your example that only Mr. Narendra modi ji start swach bharat mission they did't wait for any one.
Sir if you feel that I am right please do something to support me.
Hello Mr. Modi, I have always been you fan and with all such initiatives, I simply salute you. I hope that people understand the way importance of cleanliness and everyone in the Country takes the initiative in this Abhiyaan.
I want to highlight an important point that I live in Noida and no one even from the municipal corporation comes for cleaning our surrounding. I have never seen any staff member to take care of the issue. I am trying to figure out the complaint procedure but in the meanwhile I want to request you to reach out the government in UP to take care of this issue on serious note and please take such initiatives in this regards.
I'm from Ernakulam district in Kerala, where waste management systems are very poor, especially with regard to household wastes. People throw food and non-food wastes at an irrigation canal in front of my house located to the East of Pamba Electronics, Kureekkad (Pin Code - 682305). This area comes under Chotanikkara grama panchayat. It is a threat to health.
Wish our panchayat officials could find a permanent solution by making mesh walls to prevent people throwing wastes into the canal.
Cleanliness is a continuous process, and I suggest/request that a defined percentage of the mandatory corporate CSR spending be directed to cleanliness mission - Corporate money will always be needed to create as well as sustain waste management systems.
This Abhiyaan (Swachh Abhiyaan) is become a new way of promotion person , movie etc, some one need to run this abhiyaan as an project, every area , region, hospital, temple etc need to be given to some responsible person and they need to be monitored continuously, and they should get help from local administration.
Its a very good initiative and I am proud to be an Indian.
My simple request to celebrities & NGO's who have taken swacch bharat abhiyaan- clean India movement.
Can someone also donate 2 bins after every 500 meters?
Every shop keeper needs to keep dustbin outside or within his premises on odd/even dates.
In Parks & Public places- Companies like Adani/ Reliance/ Tata to provide plastic bins in the cities or around 2 Km radius at their offices across India.
PAN-GUTKA to be banned across states.
I Mr.Yatin Joshi, Resident of Pratham Shrusti, Gorwa would like to be part of this initiative of "Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan".
We have started cleaning our areas nearby in respect to this initiative, but unfortunately there are no Bins kept in our area due to which our plans have back fired and people have started throwing garbage on roads.
Kindly help us get Dust bins in our area so that this dream of our PM Shri Narendra Modiji could be fulfilled.
Swatch Bharat Abhyaan is a wonderful drive of our beloved Prime Minister. But, this drive can't be successful if the state governments and the municipal corporations don't co-operate. In my residential colony " HIG-Duplex Colony, Chander Nagar, Ghaziabad ", the municipal authorities are least bothered for cleanliness. In spite of my personal requests to the area corporator, no arrangement has been made for stoppage of garbage dumping behind my house and for cleaning of the storm water drain, which has not been cleaned for the last four/five years. I hope the Ghaziabad Municipal Authorities will realise the importance of cleanliness drive initiated by our Prime Minister and take immediate action for above.
I want to be part of "swatch bharat abhiyan". I was already started cleaning in my office & home area.
I m interested to occupy more area, in this matter I need resources for campaign.
THIS PROGRAMM STARTED ON NOV 2 1014 ON NEW DELHI THIS PROGRAMM MAIN MISSION IS CLEAN THE INDIA AND DREAM OF GANDHIGI, NARENDRA INVITED THE FEW PERSONS ACTORS POLICTICIANS AND STAR STATUS PERSONS . TV CHANNELS ALSO MOSTLY GIVEN THE PUBLICITY OF THE PROGRAMM . SANIA MIRZA , NAGARJUANA , SASI THAROOR , SALMAN , RAJINIKANTH, CHANDRA BABU NAIDU, AND JAMMU KASHMIR CHEIF MINISTER OMAR ABDULLA ,BOLLYWOOD STAR AMITHAB BACHHAN , SO NARENDRA GI APPRECIATED EVERY ONE. HE CALLED THE EVERY PERSON DO THE PROGRAMM AND INVITE THE 9 PERSONS . GOVERNAMENT ALSO PROVIDE LAKH OF RUPEES ON THIS PROGRAMM EVERY THING IS OK. MY OPINION IS IF CITIZEN OR SHOP KEEPRERS, HOUSE RESIDENTIALS , TOTAL PUBLIC IF DOES NOT FOLLOWING THE CERTAIN RULES SHOULD IMPOSE THE FINE ,LIKE TRAFFIC FINE , EVERY ONE CAN FOLLOW THE RULES.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan kicked off on 2nd oct 2014. Since then, I have seen numerous photographs and videos where celebrities armed with a broom in their hands have hit the streets as part of their contribution to the campaign. But i am yet to see anyone with 'use me' bins in their hands instead of the brooms. Of course I am not a bit surprised by their drama, for apart from a theatrical exhibition of their meaningless exercise of brooming the streets for a press photoshoot, their contribution to the clean India campaign ends with the other task of nominating 9 similar minded celebrities to spread the campaign- the nomination method made universal by the ice bucket campaign.
May i mention here that we need bins more than we need brooms. The more the bins on the streets, the lesser will be the need for brooms. Prevention is better than cure is known to all of us but never followed. Tea, already a favourite beverage amongst Indians, has attained an iconic status thanks to the architect of the present campaign - our present prime minister. However, across India, tea is sold in trains, on railway platforms bus stands, street corners, gardens and parks served in paper cups, bhanr or sikora which are just disposed by the common man in the open either chucked by the brazen in the middle or guiltily tucked in some corner by a relatively civilised person .
In towns and cities pan India, thousands of hawkers sell food on the streets either wrapped in newspapers or served in banana leaves or paper plates. Our own city of joy is no less guilty by the almost ubiquitous presence of muri walas and puchka walas at practically every street corner. Near the malls and markets it is a common detestable sight to find litters of empty chips and popcorn packets, cans, cigarette butts, tobacco sachets and even remnants of half eaten food.
A small step may be taken by the govt, ngos, para and rotary clubs, corporate and individuals jointly towards providing bins to these hawkers, educate them the values of hygiene and to ensure that their customers drop the waste into the bins only. Of course it needs to be followed by regular daily clearances of these bins to the demarcated garbage vats/stations of the area.
Other than this, the malls, commercial and shopping areas should have sufficient bins for the citizens to use. Also one must ensure that these bins are emptied at required intervals so that the bins are never full.. Believe me it is not as ardent a task as it sounds. For a country which can boast of an example of exemplary delivery system as the Bombay dabbawallas, scientific movement of the garbage from the hawkers bin to the ultimate disposal location would be childs play.
Let us kolkatans along with other cities make our first step towards a clean india. Building of toilets and cleaning the Ganges may be left to the government for a cleaner India. Let us pledge not to litter or pollute.
I have some plan in my mind related to this Abhiyan that is "Swachh Bharat Mission " & to execute we need support of " BHARAT SARKAR"
please avoid using plastic bags, main source of garbage production...Can sustain for over thousand years.If we can avoid using that, half of the garbage problem will be solved.apart from that.
polybags are dangerous to the nature.Its applicable everywhere in this world.nowadays everybody using polythenes and its not dissolvable and not mixed with the soil.Animals are dying by eating these, its creating poisonous fumes if burned and also choking the sever lines and blocking the underground lines ,a major cause of flooded streets during rainy seasons .50 percent of garbage is forming because of these poly bags and polluting our nature.
So for swacchh Bharat mission, we should take a pledge to not use the plastic bags...JAI Hind..
swatch bharat mission needs to be brought near to people.The awareness campaign should be supplemented by micro level view of the movement.
1.There should be a network of large and small dustbins.
2.Municipal bodies should be given more funds so tha infrstrutures could be strenghtened.
3. Municipal bodies should penalise anyone found littering or even spitting. Make it an offence ,on the spot challan will deter people from littering public places.
4 Singapore is an example.At one point of time it was one of the dirtiest cities of the world and now it is one of the cleanest.
Swachh Bharat mission is the first of its kind sensitisation in India where every citizen of India got sensitized of cleaning their own surroundings.
Though it is visioned by many leaders, it is this Government that has brought the vision into action forward.I congratulate the efforts and proud to be part of it.
The fever & fervor should not come down as the days go by.Every citizen of India I request to be conscious about their own and surroundings' cleanliness.., The school children need to be trained and educated in this more and more .
Warn people who trash, spit or urinate on the streets the first time.
For the Second Offence, penalise them with fines to a tune of Rs 1000/- or more.
Subsequent offences should be treated with a Jail Sentence.
Only such strong measures as adopted by Countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom and USA can act as a deterrent.
The common man on the Street should have the right to question the offenders and bring them to book. We cannot have a law enforcement agency to watch every person on the Street.
Creating awareness and building the necessary infrastructure has to be the main focus. Only when we have enough Dust Bins, Toilets, etc in place, we will be able to enforce the rules.
Don't throw it into the street, into the woods, into the rivers, into the seas!
If you throw trash away, it doesn't go away, ever.
Trash comes back, in so many ways, and none of them good.
In the Clean World everything used is sorted and that's how we reduce trash.
eliminate landfills and view trash as a valuable source of new resources.
3. Don't throw anything away. Anything!
When something is broken, try to fix it! If you can't, then recycle it!
could be valuable elsewhere. Think, before you dispose.
Food leftovers should not be thrown away, but composted.
In the Clean World there is a compost next to every house for every community.
6. Consume only as much as you really need to!
In the Clean World people regard consumption as the last resort.
Repair as much as possible. Don't let fashion or technology affect your opinions.
7. Avoid using disposable products that generate trash!
Glass bottles filled with drinks really are environmentally 'better'.
Instead of plastic bags, use bags made of fabric.
Products are consumed more reasonably in the Clean World.
8. Buy trash free products!
Avoid products that are excessively packaged.
Choose to buy durable products that will last.
In the Clean World there are totally recyclable products.
9. Support environmentally friendly legislation and actions!
from farmers' markets or directly from the producer.
Cut out the marketing and packaging. In the Clean World we buy responsibly.
10. Co-operate with others by suggesting alternatives!
Be yourself but make sure your friends can see your example.
In the Clean World everybody is responsible.
Be different by making your friends enjoy the Clean World.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is getting supported by corporate sector as part of their CSR to a large extent. It is also of utmost importance to look towards the sustainability of the initiative otherwise the momentum gained would yield no result. Each individuals support will add on to the success of the initiative.
Swacha Bharat is target of my life a resident from Chennai - Gopal Sarawagi but sorry to post that the garbage what we put in a plastic bag daily to dispose that plastic bag we are forced to pay some tips daily to the people who are appointed by the Goverment for collecting garbage.
It is very sad to say that.
The mission is directly proportional to infra installation.
I hope the the Govt. will consider it seriously.
There is a major probability to be enhanced the infection and disease issues.
Proud to be an Indian always and also extremely proud to join hands with our Honorable Prime Minister on each of his campaign to take India forward !!!!
My humble submission is that The youth from colleges should be asked to adopt villages/ Gram Panchayats in their area, form groups and spread awareness regarding the danger of Open Defecation found in villages and frame a system of monitoring to check the practice. Firstly, analyse the issue by delving into the reasons for such bad hygienic practices followed by the villagers and try and address them by ways of creating awareness campaigns and also check with authorities regarding the provision of toilets etc.
The youth have to be educated on the importance of RURAL DEVELOPMENT and this may be made mandatory in all educational Institutions irrespective of their status..
Lets inculcate the feeling of ownership and commitment in the minds of the youth towards the land they belong to and refrain them from expecting everything to be by the Govt.Cheers to the Programme...!
On 7th Nov 2014 Mission clean Rewari mobile app has been launched, it is a real time civic engagement platform empowering Rewari's people to be community heroes and report neighborhood issues from their smartphones. Within 5 days more than hundred problems submitted by rewari's people, it is considered as a smart and effective move to make your city cleaner and to keep up the spirit of Mission Swachh Bharat. Mr. R. C. Verma (Deputy Commissioner Rewari) requested people to contribute effectively, he would personally monitor the website http://missioncleanrewari.com/ to successfully resolve the issues submitted.
We did our best & will do.
1. EVERY SHOP/STALL SELLING EATABLES/PAN/ETC. SHOULD KEEP A DUSTBIN IN FRONT IN THEIR SHOP. A PENALTY/FINE SHOULD BE IMPOSED IN ITS ABSENCE.
2. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH DUSTBINS IN CROWDED PLACES.
Dear sir, I am from Bangalore. I want to see a cleaner India. I want to join hands with government and help India accomplish this goal. 20 years later my children need not feel like going abroad and settle there claiming India isn't clean.
The Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan is a brilliant idea. This has to succeed for India to become clean. And all indians need to participate in this.
But I have some concerns. A lot of people don't know where to start the abhiyaan. Like, they don't know which place they should begin with. So in my opinion , government should help such people in finding places that need cleaning. You can say, start with your street. But that's not easy. I alone can't attempt it. If there's a group created online or through a government office then this group can act with more planning, spirit and timely. Also, government should suggest or make available equipments necessary for cleaning littered places. Such as gloves, brooms, dust pan etc. A swachhata Center should be opened in every major section of the cities and towns. These centres should take responsibility to create voluntary groups through campaigning and door-to-door visits. Should guide these groups in all matters of cleaning, such as deciding place, no of people required, duration, handling/disposing collected trash, water or bathing facilities post cleaning.
I am very much eager to remove garbage out of my area in Bangalore. I want to do it with my own hands. But I can't suddenly start the activity with a broom and dust pan in my hands. I will be considered a fool.
I appreciate this mission of yours, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
But, I would like to ask you that what are the steps that our government is taking for the disposal of waste, and solid waste management.
I suggest the installment of separate dustbins for bio-degradable and non-bio-degradable waste in our streets, roads, corners, circles etc., which I assure you are not there in majority of the country.
Also, what is our government doing to recycle the huge waste dumps near cities? Also, I strongly oppose the use of incineration plants for that. Please shift the contracts of these dumps from the current corrupt contractors to some really good NGO's and individuals who know better ways to dispose them off.
I hope my comment is recognized by you and it would be higly appreciated if i get a reply.
We really appreciate the initiatite made by our honourable PM. So putting this problem to show some real picture.
This is to bring to your kind notice that the residents of girls hostel at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida are facing severe health issues due to the emission of smoke by burning of garbage at the empty field just besides the campus. If this area is not residential that does not mean that some of us who are actually residing here have to suffer and get hospitalised or medicated time and again due to the negligence of the government authorities in power. This issue might seem casual to you all but this is causing too many severe problems to the 138 residents here as well the staff members. Sincere requests have already been made by the Jaipurai authority of the institute but no action has been taken yet. Rather the problem is increasing in the form of increasing emissions each day and is making us suffocating. We residents are not even able to breathe and are almost dying.
If NOT,Then pls tell me where I will go for JUSTICE.
My area is highly contagious due to storage of lots of cow potty. My Neighbour Mr.Sailen ghosh has one illegal cow garage totally polluted our area. Very small place but 10 to 12 cows & buffalo are there. They are not cleaning the area, all time bad smell surrounding the area.And all time in front of my windows cows & buffalo are shouting.This is very problematic situation for me.Even we are not open the windows for that side. And most dangerous think is that Mr.ghosh doing another business of GHUTE(made by cow potti)at in front of my house.they are blocked the public road with storage of cow potti and GHUTE. This business is a cause of smell and air total environmental pollution.Due to this we are effected from MOSQUITO bites. There is no drainage system. It also effected on us. This area comes under RAJARHAT-BISHNUPUR 1 NO GRAM PANCHAYAT,Kolkata-700135 And OUR RAJARHAT POLICE STATION NEWLY added BIDHANNAGAR COMMISSIONAIRE . IF YOU COME HERE THEN YOU WILL COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION OF THIS AREA.. This is my request to you to please take it seriously, because peoples are now getting effected due to lots of mosquitoes. Hygienically its not good. I hope you should understand my problem. pls do something for me.
PLEASE I AM WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.
Anybody CAN HELP ME PLS.
I am working with Radisson Blu Marina, Connaught Place.Recently Sawach Bharth drive by our hotel all our team members cleaned the back area, which basically comes under NDMC. We collected the garbage lot at different places.Now the point is who will pick that garbage from NDMC area. The NDMC people are asking for some amount of money, which basically is not right.
But the advertisement coming in in Kannada language is killing the language. Please get the proper wordings and provide the same to channels.
It's a great initiative by our Hon. Prime Minister. But i would like to say (Whatever I have seen so far) that No one wants to put garbage on the road/public place but they are forced to do so because there is lack of infrastructure.if there will be dustbins installed at every 200/300 mts, pleople will automatically put garbage in the dustbin. i have seen people search for dustbin and when they don't find they throw it on road wherever they find convenience..MY REQUEST TO ALL IS Co-operate with others by suggesting alternatives!
vision. Truely,It's a very admirable deed geared up by H'Able PM.
I ONCE AGAIN THANK ALL FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM.AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
I want to give an important suggestion to keep clean railway station and railway track.
As you all know that there is no facility to dispose waste in any train. So people normally throw there waste outside the window which results filthy stations and track. So there must be well maintained dustbin in every bogie.
And must be strict penalty for everyone if they throw there waste or spit on track or station or road or park or office or anywhere in India.
But for that there must be a dustbin in every 2-3 km of distance.
I have just one question to the honorable Prime Minister...what after cleaning up? What will you do of the waste that is collected. Open dumps are a major problem in most of the cities which give rise to ground water pollution, communicable diseases and stink. Moreover, the value of the land nearby also reduces. Has the ministry thought about what do we do of collected waste?
I have seen all the ministers and media personalities jumping on streets and cleaning them. But tell me what happens afterwards?
There are various methods by which waste can be converted to energy be it ethanol or electricity which have been employed in countries like Sweden. Sweden actually buys waste from Norway and its neighbours to generate electricity and we have so much of waste. Can't we do something on similar line? Any questions are welcome.
1. Please have stiff laws and hefty fine for dog owners who walk their dogs on the streets and leave their poop behind. It happens in best of residential areas.
this initiative has brought a lot of change in the country . but Railway Station are still very dirty . I myself saw 2-3 persons doing urine on the NDLS ( New Delhi Railway Station ) on 28 November 2014 on 9:00 PM . Please take rigid action to make people aware .
This is very good initiative.
1.We have introduce Red Bag / Green Bag / Blue for the Garbage.
Green Bag - All the recycle items such as paper etc..
Blue Bag - All the toxic items.
2. We have to create Sewage treatment plant for each area / city / Village & move all the waste to that.
amazing Initiative and I wish you all the best for this. I would like to congratulate your for getting this initiative and getting so many great people, leaders involved in such great initiative.
First problem is about the infrastructure and maintenance of the same. Your initiative of having toilets is great what about the water, cleanliness required.
Such initiatives fails due to lack of resources required.
Also, the mindset of the our Indian citizens have to be changed either through media program and this is where NDTV or the Ambassadors have a key role. We do understand that its job of everyone and we do make sure to take care of our country.
Recently, some pics were floating on social networking where big names who cleaned the small space were wearing gloves, mask and don't know how many times they might have used sanitizers and have taken bath.
Not fair. Be a conman people and do the things and regularly. Think of the people who leave their living by doing such dirty jobs and without getting a single medications.
Last not the least, i salute you for getting very aggressive and bringing this initiative to every ones attention at country level. Request will be please dont stop, we all support you and we will work with you.
I have idea about how to keep india clean. it has 98% guarantees of succes. also it will create employment in many area.
I need financial support and permission to impliment my idea.
I am intrested to keep my india clean but if you are intrested please tell me so that i can submit project to you!
I have seen and experienced that housemaid's absentism makes responsible woman loaded with household tasks.
In your promotion; Why don't you teach children especial males to clean used plate, bowl, spoon and glass after meals. This work is considered generally inferior to men. But in a photograph I have seen Mr. Narayan Murthy(Former Director Infosys) cleaning his plate and helping in Household work.
This will help in minimizing gender disequilibrium, exploitation of unskilled workers like housemaids.
A Lesson of Independence can be tought along with empowered household too.
1.Fastest to make by end user him/her self a few hour is all it take for 2 people to make & use next day.
2.CLEAN & Easier to keep clean.
4.Corruption free as delivered to end user directly.
6. Basic construction avoids too much dependence on other workers.
7.Most acceptable to Indian Climate/ topography/ environment etc.
Kindly contact me as its very urgent & will make "Swachh Bharat" a Reality too soon then any other toilets can.
Let`s create the world for our super heroes. The street cleaners to the society.
Wtch How Brazil did it "Across the Globe"
Please educate all PWDs throughout India to replace open & waterless urinals for men on the roadsides, with dignified enclosed Sulabh-type conveniences for both men and women. The stink, public nuisance, and public health disaster that the former constitute is a slur on the PM's campaign for a clean India. It is also necessary to educate men to more dignified and responsible ways of personal behaviour. Please note also in the context of the Clean Ganga campaign, one such open urinal directly on the Ganga, on the way to the temple in Gangotri is an abomination in the face of the pilgrims who visit the glacier regions with great devotion. The very sanctity of the region is destroyed in the face of the lack of civic sense and hygeine in the great Himalayan shrine. Similar open urinal is at the main square, opp. to the Triveni Ghat Gate in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. Will the authorities please wake up to modern-day concerns of public health, privacy and dignity in civic spaces, in the place of current sops to male impunity in matters of hygeine as a prime example of bad governance?
Since nov26th i am trying to get in touch with someone capable enough to help set up a toilet production unit, from the government side. Even an interest to know more about it is still missing. The concept is excellent & this will change the Toilet making it will be as easy if its by magic. The poor man will do it all by himself with no help required in matter of hour yes it will be more durable then regular toilets. Only Recognition for this & i will dedicate the concept to the Nation. Advantages of This toilet Easiest to Make.
5. Its an opportunity that will change the concept of Toilets in India.
6.Make in India & Made by India For World.
7. The whole world will ask for it.
Kindly Give me a chance For India!!!
When OFFICERS Residential Quarters of SCR itself are causing nuisance by leaving water to the public road they must first stop spreading their own dirt before trying to pose them self for photos in newspapers - krishna please if one responsible officer of South Central Railway read my comment and take necessary action I shall be highly thankful to SCR.
sir my name is sachin kumar form delhi my address h.no-232, street.no-3, prem vihar , karawal nagar, delhi-110094, i want to inform to regarding Swachh Bharat Abhiyan my street is so tidy bcoz my neighbours has lot's of buffalo. so many mosquitos are generate in this street. please cheak out this street. so many people die in this street by mosquito. when then you responsive . you don't take a action. MCD ward no 265.
We appreciate the initiative taken by the Hon. Prime Minister regarding this very important problem that plagues India. It is a powerful move to bring about a better tomorrow.
The main problem though is that a lot of people do not take cleanliness seriously.
I am a resident of bansdroni area in Kolkata. In front of our apartment, we have a deserted land under the Metro Railways in all likelihood. As the place remains deserted, it has turned into an open defecating and urinating ground for a lot of people. Recently some of the flat inmates questioned one such miscreant. Instead of being ashamed of his actions, he started threatening us and came and urinated on one of the exit gates of the apartment.
This has really disturbed all of us as raising a voice against such nuisance has led to this with people flouting every indecency in trying to prove themselves right.
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PLEASE CIRCULATE IT AS NO MEDIA IS READY TO DO IT.
The major success can be achieved if this cleanliness is fed to minds of everyone.
I am from CHENNAI. Chennai Central is the most important place where around lacs of people crossing everyday. But the way from chennai central to park Station became open toilet for most of the people and we can't avoid closing our nose while crossing. The govt can make some strict initiatives to control these sort of activities.
Hope we achieve our goal "CLEAN INDIA".
1. गुरुद्वारा के पास डॉ. डी. के. बंसल के मकान की पूरब दिशा की गली में नालियों का पानी रस्ते में फैलता रहता है, जिसके कारन गन्दगी, कीचड, मच्छर बने रहते हैं .
2. क्यूंकि गली में एक माकन मालिक ने नालियां बंद कर राखी हैं. उसके घर का पानी और दूसरी जगह का पानी गली में आता है.
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Hi I am a 10th grade student, and I strongly believe that Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the movement that is necessary for India. I would like to enclose my view on the same.
Can India do a Sweden?
If you have ever driven behind a garbage truck in Mumbai, you will know how frustratingly slow they are. Four hundred and thirty of these huge garbage trucks are deployed in Mumbai every day, and every day they gather a total of 6500 tonnes of waste. This waste goes to one of three garbage dumps in Mumbai, located in Deonar, Mulund and Kanjurmarg.
Of the waste that is produced in Mumbai, 54% is wet organic waste, 15% is dry organic waste, 19% is recyclable waste, and 12% is inert waste. Every single one of these categories of waste has the potential to be reused or recycled. Recyclable material consists of paper, plastic, etc. As the name suggests, this category of waste is fairly straightforward to reuse. Organic waste can be reused in the shape of biofuel as a form of energy, and could be used to power residences as a renewable energy source. Inert waste could be reused in construction and for other purposes.
To compare with some global examples - Sweden recycles 99% of its household waste in one way or the other. In 2012 alone, Sweden burned over 2 million tons of waste and converted it into energy. The 32 incineration plants that are present in Sweden produce heat for 810,000 households and electricity for 250,000 private houses.
In fact, Sweden has begun importing garbage because it does not have enough garbage to produce sufficient energy. This is the potential of the recycling of waste, which can be made possible by the segregation of waste.
To unlock this potential, it is necessary that the people in India separate their waste effectively and that, when collected, the waste is collected in separate compartments.
To highlight why there is an urgent need to that, we need to understand the seriousness of the situation. The Deonar dump, which is one of three waste dumps in Mumbai, has a mountain of waste up to 47 metres high, which creates both health and environmental issues. To highlight their problems, the residents around Deonar have founded an association known as the Smoke Affected Residents' Forum (SARF). According to SARF, the health of at least 2.5 million people has been affected by the air pollution caused by the burning of garbage as well as toxic gases emanating from trash piled up at the Deonar dump.
To separate waste, it is important that the process begins in the household itself. The waste needs to be separated into organic and recyclable waste. The next step is for the waste to be collected into separate compartments in the garbage truck. Then, the waste needs to be sent to separate places and recycled in different ways.
Firstly, the organic waste can be sent to an incinerator in order to be burned to create biofuel. Secondly, the recyclable waste can be sent to factories where it can be reused or reshaped. Lastly, the inert waste can be sent to construction sites where it can be reused as construction material.
In order to solve the waste problem in India, it is vital that the citizens take steps towards a common goal, and one of the first steps necessary is the segregation of household trash. In order to put this plan into action, housing and the neighbourhood societies have to set down some dos and don'ts for waste segregation. The goal of this action is the shift towards a zero-waste system in India, where all of the waste produced is recycled. It's a lofty goal, but it is very possible if small steps are taken towards achieving this goal.
I Congratulate to our beloved PM HERE WE SHOULD TAKE INITIATIVE TO ASK ALL THE GOVT, NON GOVT ORGANIZATION TO EXPLORE THEIR ACTIVITIES OF EHSQ IT WILL TAKER TIME BUT IT WILL MAKE THE COUNTRY ON GREAT PATH OF INDIA DEVELOPMENT.
I urge every shop shopping malls and each and big and small shops to maintain dust bins, so that customers which will make the people to maintain their surroundings clean.


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Free Maritime Industry Virtual Career Fair
10 a.m. – Noon, Thursday, November 19
Presented by the Seattle Propeller Club, Port of Seattle, and King County Maritime
Ever thought having a career in the maritime and fishing industry? Did you know that the average annual salary in the maritime industry is more than $20,000 above the average wage in Washington?
Join employers and their representatives to learn about an amazing career in the maritime and fishing industry! Check out the incredible diversity of at-sea and shoreside careers. Discover opportunities for women and communities of color. Hear about the high tech aspects of the industry, its passion for environmental sustainability, and commitment to family wage jobs with great benefits. Learn about the skills and training needed to be successful in the industry. Connect with companies that are looking for people like YOU!
Don't miss this engaging conversation with panelists who will share their experiences and discuss the incredible benefits of a maritime and fishing career.
Panelists include representatives from Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, Pure Watercraft, Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing & Technology, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association, Elliott Bay Design Group, Fishermen's Finest, Port of Seattle, and others.
Moderator: Sarah Scherer, Seattle Office of Economic Development Maritime and Manufacturing Advocate and President, Seattle Propeller Club.
Click here to register in advance for this free virtual webinar!
Sponsored by the Seattle Propeller Club, Port of Seattle, King County Maritime, and Seafood 101 industry partners. Supporting organizations: Washington Maritime Blue, Youth Maritime Collaborative and their members, Seattle Marine Business Coalition, North Seattle Industrial Association, Marine Manufacturing & Technology Center of Excellence, Skagit Valley College, National Fisherman magazine, and Pacific Marine Expo.
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Filed Under: Key Industries and Workforce Development, Maritime Tagged With: career, Career Fair, maritime, Virtual, workforce development
Seattle Office of Economic Development invests $288,000 in Seattle Youth Career Opportunities
October 9, 2020 by Jacqueline Wu
Seattle youth gaining maritime and ocean sciences experience with Northwest Maritime Center. Photo courtesy of Northwest Maritime Center.
Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) is awarding 10 organizations the 2020 Career Connected Learning grant. Career Connected Learning grants focus on ensuring local youth ages 14-24 have the skills, knowledge, and networks to connect to the region's economy. Our Career Connected Learning programs are operating within the context of two economic forces that are exacerbating existing racial and economic disparities and further exposing the vulnerabilities of many of Seattle's workers and businesses: COVID-19 and the rise of automation.
This highly competitive grant was awarded to proposals that strongly linked career awareness, experiences and activities for youth with future careers. Awardees demonstrated their ability to support Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) youth who otherwise would not have the opportunities or networks to build connections to the labor markets, demonstrated their ability to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 in their communities, demonstrated their ability to build the capacity and infrastructure within their organizations to provide career connected learning experiences for youth ages 14-24 that create deeper connections to the workforce, and support youth to build social capital.
"At OED, we want Seattle youth to be able to see themselves working and thriving in our local economy. This includes young people learning about our key sectors, understanding and building the skills that are needed, and making connections to supportive networks and businesses." said Nancy Yamamoto, OED Director of Workforce Development. "It is critically important to support these career connected learning opportunities because the pandemic severely impacted young people, including lost internships and job opportunities where they gain their first work experiences."
By investing in learning opportunities for youth of color, the Career Connected Learning Grants aim to mitigate against the harms caused by historic and ongoing systematic racism that disproportionately affects communities of color. Awarded projects are aligned to build talent pipelines to OED's key industries; Information Technology (IT), Creative, Maritime and Clean Technology. These industries provide pathways to middle wage jobs and career advancement.
Northwest Maritime Center youth learning maritime skills in a pool. Photo by Northwest Maritime.
Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) is one of the ten 2020 Career Connected Learning Grant awardees. They are building bridges between the Duwamish Valley region and the maritime industry. The Career Connected Learning grant will allow them to develop community engagement and education experiences for the families and youth of the Duwamish Valley region. These experiences are designed to inspire interest, scaffold learning an connect the community to the maritime sector, ideally leading to living-wage jobs and careers in the maritime industry for Duwamish Valley youth.
"Youth of color and those with marginalized genders/identities have historically been denied access to maritime education and on the water experiences. But all youth deserve to engage equally with what we at the Northwest Maritime Center call the most powerful teacher we know – the sea. I couldn't be more excited to collaborate with the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Highline Public Schools and the Port of Seattle in launching a Maritime & Ocean Sciences High School in the Duwamish Valley – a community that intimately understands the value and significance of that watershed and our waterways " said Stephanie Burns, Project Manager at the Northwest Maritime Center.
Burns goes on to say, "The first people of this region were the Duwamish Tribe, who continue to fight for federal recognition and against the compounded legacies of environmental, economic, and social injustice. NWMC is honored to be part of this work in addressing institutionalized oppression, dismantling systemic inequities and removing barriers to maritime education so that youth of color who are furthest from opportunity have the same access to resources as their peers in order to thrive – academically, financially, and beyond."
The Career Connected Learning Grant program is a part of OED's Workforce Development strategy that focuses on growing the skills of our current and future workforce to be part of region's world-class talent pool. OED works to build career pathways to economic mobility by closing skills gaps in targeted growth industries. With our education and employer partners, we are aligning education and training programs with industry needs to help individuals develop the skills they need to get in-demand jobs and advance in their careers, while helping employers access the skilled workers they need to compete. To learn more about OED's Workforce Development programs visit the website.
2020 Career Learning Grants Awardees
Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee and YouthForce
Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) and YouthForce will expand the Advanced Manufacturing Academy (AMA) program to low-income youth 16-24 from South Seattle. The partnership combines high-quality career preparation training, paid internships at local manufacturing companies, and supportive case management and wrap around supports to ensure that young adults are prepared for success in an advance manufacturing setting.
Arts Corps
Arts Corps will offer Learning Immersive Technology (LIT) Program to middle and high school students. This program provides free access to arts-based STEM learning and forges more equitable career pathways for youth in the Seattle region. LIT aims to co-create the future with young people and to actively center their voices in all aspects of the program. Learning Immersive Technology (LIT) students receive intensive learning experiences based in game design and virtual reality filmmaking, while also gaining 21st Century skills, creative capacities, and professional skills. In addition to receiving high quality intensive learning experiences, LIT students also serve as paid mentors for up to 100 middle and high school students who participate in 'STEAM hackathons' held throughout the year.
Central Area Collaborative
Central Area Collaborative (CAC) will receive a planning grant to develop a clean technology training program in partnership with Sphere Solar. CAC is also a recipient of OED's Only in Seattle grant, which established the Central Area Design Review Board to give community a voice in the development actions in their neighborhood.
Coyote Central
OED is funding the development Coyote Central's Digital Marketing Boot Camp (DMBC). The Digital Marketing Boot Camp (DMBC), which will be designed to serve 10 BIPOC youth ages 14 to 17, will be an intensive 5-8-month program that will take its participants beyond career awareness and exploration and give them an opportunity to put their skills to work in a professional setting. The focus will be on the skills most valuable in the digital marketing profession, including Adobe Creative Cloud programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Aero, Ableton Live 10, 3-D printing technologies, and other digital fabrication tools and languages (Arduino, GRBL). The DMBC will also involve one-on-one mentoring for each participant and the potential for internships, job shadowing, or other connections with the professional world.
Juma and Computing for All
Juma and Computing for All will provide the remaining portion of Computing for All's virtual IT Pre-apprenticeship program for 12 youth. As part of the program, youth will receive a stipend, career coaching and employment skills training from Juma and earn an internship stipend. Included in the curriculum: Basic Career and Job Readiness, Employer Interaction, Communication and Teamwork, and Technical Skills that includes: Introduction to computational thinking and algorithms using creative block coding through Scratch/MakeCode game building, basic JavaScript and how it ties in with HTML and CSS to create interactive websites and computer applications, and Visual Design and UX/UI (User experience) to design web pages and applications.
Multimedia Resources and Training Institute (MMRTI)
During this challenging time, MMRTI, SIXR, and ChickTech Seattle have identified an opportunity to train marginalized BIPOC young adults to not only participate, but also become future leaders in technology. The Future Founders Makers Fellowship is a paid 8-week training, networking and hands-on experience in product design, mentorship, and tech entrepreneurship. The inaugural cohort is open to all Central and South Seattle residents ages 18 to 24 years-old who have demonstrated interest in technology, and targets Black and Latinx women, as well as recent immigrants. The expected outcome is for youth to gain industry recognized certifications, to have digital 3D product design portfolios, and when time permits, to showcase physical floating prototypes of electric passenger water transportation at Seattle's South Lake Union.
Northwest Maritime Center
In anticipation of the Maritime and Oceans Sciences High School that will launch by the fall of 2022, Northwest Maritime Center is developing community engagement and education experiences for the families and youth of the Duwamish Valley region. These experiences are designed to inspire interest, scaffold learning and connect the community to the maritime sector, ideally leading to living-wage jobs and careers in the maritime industry for Duwamish Valley youth.
SPS_VR
This project is a collaboration between Seattle Public Schools and SIXR, Simulated Immersive eXperimental Realities, a Seattle based 501(c)3 non-profit focused on community and collaborative productivity of VR/AR and 360 video experiences. The project will be expanded with high school programs to offer Intro to Immersive Media class and add a Launch206 experience that deepens relationship with Industry partners such as Unity Education, Microsoft and Oculus. The program will include a credit bearing summer experience , as well as student support so that they can engage in sufficient learning to earn the Unity Certified User certificate through an SPS supported exam opportunity. SIXR internships are based on student learners completing the Immersive Media curriculum. This will allow students to continue a career preparation and launch trajectory towards careers in the growing VR/AR/XR field.
The Vera Project and Northwest Arts Streaming Hub
The Career Connected Learning grant will support Equip the Kids, a virtual program that support digital equity in the arts by providing creative equipment, technical training, and creative workforce development opportunities for young people 14-24 and BIPOC organizations in Seattle. The program will be collaborative managed by the Vera Project, the Northwest Arts Streaming Hub (NASH) and a cohort of community partners including Sub Pop & KEXP.. A cohort of youth will participate in a 6-month, virtual learning program focused on inclusive creative fields viable both during and after COVID-19 restrictions. Throughout the course of the program, participants will have access to training sessions led by instructors and employers in creative fields. Program participants will receive a minimum of two paid opportunities each to produce streamable content.
Young Women Empowered
Young Women Empowered's Y-WE Code enables underserved young women to develop college/career readiness through mentor-supported, project-based STEM learning using digital technology to explore coding and STEM careers. The program empowers young women to use technology tools for learning, career, financial success, self-expression and social change. Y-WE Code youth develop skills and knowledge through hands-on learning with developing apps, coding/software, studying robotics, technology workshops and panels with women STEM professionals. Y-WE Code will serve a total of 120 youth and 60 adults. Y-WE Code includes a STEM Exploration Day, Hackathon, Youth Leadership and Career Day. Youth each receive 100+ mentorship hours.
Filed Under: Bottom Line, COVID-19, Key Industries and Workforce Development, Maritime, News Release, Uncategorized Tagged With: aerospace, Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Arts Corps, career, career connected learning, Career Connected Learning Grants, Career Opportunities, career pathways, Central Area, Central Area Collaborative, Central District, clean technology, Computing For All, Coyote Central, Creative Industry, Huma, Information Technology, manufacturing, Multimedia Resources and Training Institute, Northwest Arts Streaming Hub, Northwest Maritime Center, Opportunities, Seattle Youth, SPS_VR, Vera Project, workforce development, Young Women Empowered, youth, YouthForce
National Maritime Day Spotlight: For A Young Woman, A Life on the Water Leads to A Career in Maritime Engineering
May 22, 2020 by Kari Tupper
Allison Demmert works with her father, Dave "Guy" Demmert, repairing belts on a power skiff engine | Photo courtesy of Allison Demmert
Allison Demmert grew up in Edmonds. But in her teens and twenties, she spent her summers in Alaska, salmon fishing on her father's boat—a long-held tradition for Allison's native Southeast Alaska family. She performed nearly every job on the boat, including working on deck, operating machinery, navigating, driving the power skiff, performing basic maintenance, and cooking.
The Demmert family's 58′ seiner, originally run by Allison's grandfather and now owned by her father | Photo courtesy of Allison Demmert
Allison enjoyed the work so much that she kept at it for 15 years after graduating from high school in 2004 and Seattle Pacific University in 2007.
New opportunities through the Seattle Maritime Academy
Even after spending so many summers salmon fishing, the one place she didn't know well was the engine room. Allison explains that she finally decided that if she wanted to run her own boat someday, she'd need to know "what's going on from top to bottom." With this goal in mind, she enrolled during 2017-18 in the Seattle Maritime Academy's year-long engineering program. The program fit her needs perfectly; it was condensed and included an internship component, which gave her plenty of hands-on training.
Two of Western Towboat's tugs | Photo by Allison Demmert
Allison landed an internship at Western Towboat in October 2018, which turned into a full-time position. She's grateful that the company gave her time off to study and apply for a Designated Duty Engineering license, which she received in early 2019. Today, she's sailing as a Chief Engineer helping the company pull barges to Alaska.
Running barges to Southeast Alaska and Prince William Sound
On the boat near Whittier, Alaska | Photo by Allison Demmert
Western Towboat's biggest customer is Alaska Marine Lines, which sends two freight barges of cargo to SE Alaska and one combination freight and rail barge to Whittier, Alaska each week. The 420-foot combination barge starts at the Alaska Marine Lines (AML) yard on the Duwamish River and is pulled, by two harbor assist tugs, up the river and through the Spokane St. Swing Bridge. It then docks at the railroad loading dock at Pier 15 ½, at the end of Harbor Island in Elliott Bay, to load cargo that includes rail cars and shipping containers.
From there, the 130-foot, 5,000-horsepower Western Towboat tug picks up the barge and they make the week-long — or longer, depending on weather — voyage to Whittier, Alaska, carrying rail cars and cargo containers with everything from building materials to food, paper products, vehicles, and chemicals.
View of the barge from the tug deck | Photo by Allison Demmert
Since the barges carry essential food like fresh produce to remote regions of Alaska, many of the shipping containers include temperature control capability and are inspected regularly to ensure everything is functioning properly. Visiting the barge to check refrigerant levels and other mechanical features of these containers is one of Allison's key onboard duties.
Engineering responsibilities aboard the tug
Inside the immaculately clean engine room of a Western Towboat tug | Photo by Allison Demmert
While onboard the tug, Allison says that her main job is to "stand watch in the engine room," monitoring gauges and listening for abnormal sounds. She's constantly vigilant; "I have to use my eyes and ears to make sure everything is running like it's supposed to," she explains. Open communication and "constant dialogue" with the captain are also a significant part of her job. She keeps the captain informed so there are no surprises.
Should anything malfunction, it's Allison's job to fix it, and they have spare components onboard. Small pumps periodically develop leaks and fuel filters get dirty, and this constitutes much of the routine maintenance. Allison tops off fluids regularly and keeps a log of potential problems. In the rare event that she runs into a more serious problem onboard, she can call and consult one of the company's port engineers.
Transporting goods back to Seattle
Loading scrap metal in Campbell River, British Columbia | Photo by Allison Demmert
On return trips, the barge is typically loaded with things like rail cars full of scrap metal and full containers of processed fish. The Alaskan fish are processed in canneries that are a key industry for Alaskan coastal towns. The barge docks back at Alaska Marine Lines' facility, is offloaded, and the fish is then distributed to grocery stores and restaurants around our region. It's also loaded onto trains for transport across the country.
Onshore support
Working at the shipyard in Seattle | Photo courtesy of Allison Demmert
Western Towboat builds and repairs its own boats at its full-service Seattle shipyard, where Allison occasionally works when she's not on a trip to Alaska. She enjoys being part of a well-integrated ship-to-shore team because, "I don't have to figure it all out by myself."
The shipyard is a good place to learn new skills and she appreciates the interaction with other mechanics in the company. "It's incredible what they do," she says. "They have a lot of highly skilled people who stay on the beach" who can, if needed, "swap out an engine in two days' turnaround time."
A woman in a traditionally male-dominated field
Allison aboard her father's fishing boat, where she learned skills she still relies on today | Photo courtesy of Allison Demmert
Asked about how it works being a woman in the predominantly male field of marine engineering, Allison laughs and describes how when she first started out, other mechanics and engineers in her network had heard about, but not yet met her. Once when she a attended a training, she heard the comment "Oh, you're the woman engineer!" Mostly, she says, her male counterparts were just surprised and curious.
While women have made inroads in the fishing industry in recent years – and Allison's sense of women's capabilities was shaped by "grow[ing] up alongside daughters of fisherman who are just as tough or tougher than the guys" — the tugboat industry is different. Very few women work in on tugs.
Allison has been working with men all her life, including during training at the Seattle Maritime Academy | Photo by Allison Demmert
"The first few months," she reports, "I had to reestablish myself all over again." What helped her build credibility with her new peers, she says, is "the history. I had worked on boats." She believes her openness, communication skills, and willingness to ask for help have also facilitated the process of earning respect from the men she works with. She's eager to learn and strives to be "a good collaborative teammate" who does her job exceptionally well.
Allison acknowledges that "things still may need to change" for the field of marine engineering to be widely accessible to women. While she has worked with a lot of people who are "totally progressive" and supportive, and she also recognizes that some people still resist the idea of a woman in this line of work. She explains, "I've had to make my peace with idea that some people don't think I belong."
She's felt very supported by the captain and shore side staff. While she's usually "an introvert," she says that "When I'm on the boat, out of my room, I'm 'on' socially…and wanting to be good shipmate and representative of women."
Looking toward the future
On the barge loaded with cargo | Photo by Allison Demmert
Allison was promoted to the position of primary engineer faster than she expected, in part, she explains, because of her excellent education at the Seattle Maritime Academy and her internship experience. Now, she's starting to train others, and says she enjoys the "people-oriented" focus. "I love that. It's really fun for me." She wants to participate in more vocational skills training and mentorship of those coming up in the field. She also is interested in helping more with big projects in the shipyard when she's not sailing.
For now, she appreciates the job stability "in an uncertain world," the opportunities to learn, and the ability to work with new people. Asked what she might do next, she says "I'm open to the future. I might not have one job that I do forever – there are so many interesting jobs out there." Nevertheless, Allison says, she is her father's daughter, and whatever that future holds, "I do envision myself working on the water!"
Filed Under: Bottom Line, Maritime, News Release, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alaska Marine Lines, Allison Demmert, Designated Duty Engineering license, marine engineering, maritime industry, National Maritime Day, salmon fishing, Seattle Maritime Academy, Western Towboats
Career exploration day connects youth to opportunity in the maritime industry
August 8, 2018 by Laura Bet
Students aboard the SS Virginia V.
This summer, the Youth Maritime Collaborative's first-ever South Lake Union Day event provided a chance for youth who are participating in internships or training programs to learn about maritime career opportunities, get hands-on experience with real maritime skills, and explore the history behind transportation and industry in the Puget Sound region.
Sponsored by the Port of Seattle, the all-day event featured hands-on activities from SS Virginia V and partnering organizations including The Center for Wooden Boats, Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), Northwest Seaport, and Puget Sound Maritime. Over a hundred students from six local youth-serving organizations—King County Airport interns, Goodwill Youth Maritime Program, WA-BLOC (Washington Building Leaders of Change), Seattle Skills Center Vessel Operations Program, Port of Seattle and SS Virginia V–split into groups and rotated through several stations throughout the day.
At the first station, students boarded the historic Virginia V and were taken on a voyage around Lake Union. Crewmembers provided narration of departure and docking procedures, gave tours of the engine room and wheelhouse, and performed demonstrations of knot tying and firefighting basics.
A scavenger hunt inside MOHAI was a chance for students to explore the exhibit and learn about local maritime history. The Center for Wooden Boats' station gave students a chance to row out together on an umiaq (a type of open skin boat, similar to a canoe, historically used by Yupik and Inuit peoples), while Northwest Seaport's station took students aboard the 1911 halibut schooner, Tordenskjold, to learn about the fishing industry.
Students on the Virginia V learn about the engine's operations from a crewmember.
The value of this kind of career exploration was clear from speaking with one student aboard the Virginia V expedition. A high schooler enrolled in Freedom School, the student got to know a few crewmembers and had the chance to ask them questions about the ship's operations. The student expressed a goal of majoring in mechanical engineering at Washington State University: "I don't really know what I want to do in mechanical engineering, but it's something I definitely have an interest in." Crewmembers were eager to answer the student's many questions about their work, particularly in the engine room, where the student's interest in engineering was apparent as he asked about all of the vessel's many moving parts.
On his way out, one of the crewmembers said goodbye to the student with a handshake and a pamphlet with information about the Virginia V's volunteer program, saying, "Hopefully I'll see you here in a couple weeks!" Coming into South Lake Union Day, the student didn't know that volunteering at a place like the Virginia V was an option. Now, he has personal connections with the crew and knows that he will be welcomed back.
That student, and many others like him, left South Lake Union Day with a new understanding of the maritime industry and the careers they could pursue in the field. Over one third of students who responded to an after-event survey said that they are now more interested in pursuing a maritime career than they were before the experience.
Maritime is a huge and vital industry with an aging workforce. In response to this growing need for workers in the industry, the Youth Maritime Collaborative was founded in 2016, comprised of members from the Port of Seattle, regional maritime organizations, youth serving organizations, industry leaders, educational programs and local government agencies. As a team, YMC works to increase awareness of and guide youth toward maritime-related careers through experiential events, high school internships and thoughtful career exploration.
The Office of Economic Development's partnership with YMC is part of a larger effort to provide opportunities that give young people a window into Seattle's economy and how they can join the maritime workforce. Employer tours, experiential learning events, and internships expose youth to maritime education and career pathways; events like South Lake Union Day show students first-hand that there are exciting, rewarding, living-wage jobs waiting for them in maritime that they may have otherwise never known about.
Have ideas for other career exploration experiences, or interested in finding out about upcoming events? Contact us at oed@seattle.gov.
Filed Under: Bottom Line, Key Industries and Workforce Development, Maritime Tagged With: maritime, MOHAI, Seattle, workforce development, Youth Maritime Collaborative
Seattle Maritime Academy connects youth with high-paying careers
January 4, 2018 by Laura Bet
Photo courtesy Seattle Maritime Academy.
Sarah Scherer, Director of the Seattle Maritime Academy, gestured out of the classroom window at the Ballard Bridge over the Lake Washington Ship Canal. "How many people drive across this bridge every single day and don't know that 80 percent of the Alaska fishing fleet is docked right there at Fisherman's Terminal?"
She was speaking to a growing problem in one of Washington's largest (and highest-paying) industries: many maritime industry workers are nearing retirement, and there is a shortage of labor to replace them.
The average age of the maritime workforce was over 54 years old in 2013, according to the Washington Maritime Federation. The aging workforce is presenting an issue across trade industries, and Washington's maritime industry is no exception. This "silver tsunami" of retiring workers is troubling news for the state, as the maritime sector generates $37.8 billion in combined direct and indirect revenue annually.
This is where the Seattle Maritime Academy (SMA) comes in. SMA, a school within Seattle Central College, prepares roughly 32-36 students every year for a career in maritime, and it seeks to create pipelines into this high-paying industry for younger students as well.
Maritime students go underway for the last time after their final for a cruise around the Sound. Photo courtesy Seattle Maritime Academy.
Since maritime sector jobs are regulated by the U.S. Coast Guard, SMA gives graduates an edge in entering this growing industry. Students take a nine month, hands-on program at SMA's newly renovated facilities, preparing them for a career in either marine engineering or marine deck technology. Students then complete a 60 or 90-day internship, depending on their program, and leave SMA with their U.S. Coast Guard certification for a position on a vessel. These positions earn $45-75 thousand annually for starting salaries, usually working for about six months out of the year.
Scherer was passionate about SMA's potential to strengthen the region's middle class, even describing trade education as "the answer to generational poverty." At SMA, students can get their Coast Guard certification and be on the road to a lucrative career in less than a year.
Scherer said one factor causing the shortage of young workers is lack of awareness about the profession. Maritime jobs used to be passed along through families, but this has become significantly less common, particularly as students have encountered increasing pressure in their K-12 education to pursue higher education after high school.
Lack of awareness is doubly an issue for people of color and women, who are severely underrepresented in the northwest's maritime industry.
"We've told all these kids over and over and over again, 'You have to go to college, you have to get a bachelor's degree to be successful,'" said Scherer. "And it's not true. There are many jobs where people don't need to get a bachelor's degree just in the maritime industry, let alone all the other trades, that people can make not just a good living, but a fantastic living wage job that has upward mobility."
This is part of what makes the Youth Maritime Collaborative so important, according to program coordinator Marsha Dickgieser. The Youth Maritime Collaborative, a collection of public and private agencies including the Port of Seattle and Seattle Goodwill, seeks to "get the wheels turning" in students' heads about careers in maritime.
This is done through hands-on learning at special events where employers showcase the kinds of careers students could pursue, as well as through "lunch and learn" visits to local schools. The Youth Maritime Collaborative is hoping to partner with Seattle's Office of Economic Development to connect more high school students to internships with local businesses.
"When we go do some of these high school programs, and we ask, 'How did this change your opinion of the maritime industry?' a frequent answer is, 'I didn't know it existed, and now I know it's an option,'" said Scherer. She stressed the importance of reaching students of color, particularly those from immigrant communities: "That's part of what we're focusing on in these high school programs, is getting them to understand that [maritime is] an option."
While Scherer and Dickgieser are passionate about maritime as an option for young people, they were the first to admit that a career at sea isn't for everyone. "The industry is not for the faint of heart," Scherer explained, citing months spent away from friends and family, nonexistent cell service and hard work.
The women will also be the first to sing the praises of being a mariner, however. "The stuff you get to see—I mean, I've been all over the world," said Scherer. "I've gotten to see things most people only get to dream about. Countless sunsets and sunrises, and the beauty of being humbled by realizing how small you are."
Dickgieser added, "You learn a lot about yourself, and you create this comradery…the friendships and the weird little family you build while you're away, you can't really get that anywhere else."
Even if young people aren't interested in leaving dry land, there are still "lots of opportunities" in maritime, said Scherer. "You want to be an engineer, but you don't want to go to sea? Go to Skagit Valley Community College and get a marine technician degree, which is working on engines and hydraulics and auxiliary systems on land."
Maritime jobs are difficult, but if young people can handle the tradeoffs—months spent at sea working hard, but months spent on land enjoying their high salary—and if "they have a sense of adventure, there's a great job waiting for them."
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Brian Surratt: Cities cannot be bastions for the global elite
December 12, 2016 by Joe Mirabella
Director Brian Surratt returned from a Hamburg, Germany last night, where he studied how Germany's iconic Port and City are managing their busy Port and how the City is managing growth and equity. Upon returning he wrote:
At the closing dinner of my Marshall Memorial Fellowship last spring, Kevin Cottrell, strongly suggested that we return to Europe within the next 12-18 months to solidify the wonderful connections we each made during our transatlantic fellowship. Well, last week, I was fortunate to return to Europe as part a Seattle study tour organized by The German Marshall Fund of the United States to Hamburg, Germany.
Hamburg is one of Germany's most prosperous cities: it is Europe's 3rd largest port (handling over 9 million cargo units annually, 3x the units Seattle and Tacoma move), it is home to a major Airbus assembly facility, and has a dense and cosmopolitan urban core that boasts growing tech and creative companies. Like other fast-growing global cities, however, it is experiencing its share of difficult social challenges, including rising housing costs, social and economic gentrification, and the complexities of integrating immigrants into the community, including 60,000 recent Syrian refugees.
I learned a great deal from Hamburg, how they have continued to support its maritime base as part of its urban center, their testing of housing policies to produce more affordable and "social" housing and intentional urban design and planning to make Hamburg more livable for more people. One of the folks we met challenged me: if cities like Hamburg and Seattle are indeed the primary social organizing tool for people today and in the future, then cities must meet the social, economic and cultural needs of all residents. Cities cannot be bastions for the global elite – our leaders, our policies, our neighborhoods, our employment base must work for creatives, poor folks, children, people of color, the working class, technologists. That's Hamburg's challenge, it's Seattle's challenge.
Filed Under: Bottom Line, Maritime
Mayor Ed Murray Welcomes Largest Shipping Vessel in U.S. History to Seattle
February 29, 2016 by Joe Mirabella
The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin made history Monday morning by becoming the largest ship to ever port in Seattle. The ship is also the largest vessel to ever port in the United States.
Larger than the Columbia Tower and longer than 5 Boeing 747s, the CMA CGM is quite a sight to be seen.
Mayor Ed Murray was on hand to greet the ship, along with Seattle Fire's Leshi. Several Council members were in attendance as well, including Council President Bruce Harrell, Councilmember Tim Burgess, Councilmember Debora Juarez and Councilmember Rob Johnson.
Terminal 18 is one of the few ports in the world large enough to host a ship of this size. The Port of Seattle and the regional maritime industry has been preparing to host so-called "super ships" for some time.
During the ceremony to welcome the vessel to Seattle, Mayor Ed Murray spoke about the importance of the maritime industry to Seattle because of the solid middle-income jobs the industry produces. He reconfirmed the City's commitment to the industry and called the Benjamin Franklin, "incredible."
The Northwest Seaport Alliance generates $1.1 billion in direct income, $2.4 Billion in induced income and $554.3 million in indirect income, for a total of $4.1 billion in total income & re-spending in the region.
Filed Under: Bottom Line, Maritime, Seattle Business Buzz

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Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina introduced a bill that would require Silicon Valley and Hollywood to agree on a standard to stop digital piracy within the year or face legislation that would decide things once and for all. Known as the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, the legislation would also apply to other files, including MP3s.
The companies that manufacture the various video and audio players would have to agree to include a software patch that would recognize pirated and copyrighted materials and refuse to play them. Software that's currently used to transfer one file type into a digital format that can be traded online would likely also be modified.
There's some talk that the computers themselves will be taught to recognize pirated files, either at the Operating System level, or within the hardware itself, likely by a next generation processor.
This would also allow companies to share video and music, but would subject both to the same kind of limited licensing as a lot of shareware – i.e. the infamous 30-day free trial.
In exchange for agreeing to change their software, digital media companies would be encouraged to share more protected material to keep consumers happy.
If Hollywood and Silicon Valley are unable to come up with an acceptable anti-piracy technology within the year, the new legislation making the technology mandatory – which nobody seems to want – would kick in.
A number of hardware companies, including Intel, are currently working on a system that would prevent pirated files from being copied to hard drives, but oppose the legislation. Other critics say the entire industry will be hurt financially just to protect the entertainment industry.
For example, if people didn't pirate as much material from the Web, they wouldn't buy as many recordable CDs or purchase as much hard drive space. People wouldn't see the need to buy the latest sound or video cards, or surround sound speaker systems to use with their computers.
While most people would probably keep their broadband connections, some customers may opt for slower and cheaper services.
There's also the international aspect to consider. People might decide to buy hardware and software from other countries that don't have the same piracy protection traits, and that would no doubt hurt some companies.
Finally, there's the fact that millions of files without any kind of anti-piracy markers that could be identified by software or hardware are already available. It will still be out there, it will just be harder to get.


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Q: Implementing hardware in verilog: = vs <= Suppose I have the following code in Verilog:
module A (clk,a,c);

input clk;
input a;
output c;

wire clk;
wire a;
reg c;
reg b;

always @(posedge clk)
begin
   b = a;
   c = b;
end

endmodule

Let's assume that this module implements some Flip Flop which has two input (a and clk) and has one output (c)
I have read that the main difference between the operator= and the operator<= is that when using the operator= the commands are executed by one after another in sequentially order (meaning: b get the value of a and c gets the value of b) and when using operator<= the commands are  executed in the same time (meaning: b gets the value of a and c gets the value of b in the same time).
Now , my question is:
can I say that in case we use operator= then b gets the new value of a and c gets the old value of b (a value in one clock period before current)
and in case we use operator<= then b gets the new value of a and c gets also the new value of a?
Somehow it is make sense to me but this is an always block meaning after it in both cases the values of c should be the a that was received in the current clock period
Thank you,
Michael

A: Verilog simulation consists of micro-steps (or delta cycles), related to the events. Event is actually any change of a value of a variable which causes re-evaluation of other blocks. So, the delta cycle is a step which requires for the model to get quiescent.
The delta cycle itself consists of multiple scheduling buckets, executed one after another in the cycle. In the very simplified view there are at least a blocking bucket and non-blocking bucket. All blocking assignment are evaluated in the first bucket, all non-blocking - in the second.
So, in your case
always @(posedge clk)
begin
   b = a;
   c = b;
end

b gets evaluated in the first bucket and c is too, so it becomes the value of a. So,  a was 1 then value of b will be  1, and the value c will also become '1' in the first bucket.
it you use non-blocking assignments, verilog will run in the first bucket but it will just schedules execution of the non-blocking assignments to be performed in the second bucket. So, in this code
always @(posedge clk)
begin
   b <= a;
   c <= b;
end

b will be scheduled to get value of a int he second bucket, c will be scheduled to become value of b in the second bucket. But the latter schedules an assignment of the current value of b, not the one which will be evaluated in the second bucket.
So, in above case the value of a was 1 and the value of b was 0, c will become 0 in the second bucket.
Of course, if c causes more first-bucket types of events, verilog will return to the first bucket and evaluate all events again. In reality there are more than 2 buckets in verilog and even more in system verilog.
There are certain reasoning for using blocking and non-blocking assignments and why they exist in verilog. But for simplicity you should follow a simple methodology: all outputs of state elements, like flops and latches must be assigned using non-blocking assignments, all combinatorial logic and clocks should use blocking assignments. This would save you from tidious debugging of races and glitch effects. So, in your case, assuming that b is just an intermidiate node in your flop, the following code should be used:
always @(posedge clk)
begin
   b = a;
   c <= b;
end

In this case, b will become value of a immediately int he first bucket, but the output of this flop c will be assigned using the non-blocking assignment according to the industry-wide methodology,

A: When you use a blocking assignment, the order of the reference(read) versus the assignment(write) within a block makes a difference in its implementation. In your example, you do an write to b, then it gets read. So b is essentially a temporary variable representing combinational logic. But if you read a variable before it gets written within the block, you get the value from the previous cycle; the output from the flip-flop.
When using non-blocking assignments, the order no longer matters - you always get the value from the previous cycle. And this is why you must use non-blocking assignments when you have multiple always @(posedge clock) when one block writes and other blocks read the same variable, you always get the value from the previous cycle. If you were to use a blocking assignment, in simulation there is no guaranteed ordering between the read and the write.

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Mary Harriett Griffith (1849–1930) was a philanthropist in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She was prominent in organisations promoting Christianity and the interests of women and children.

Early life

Mary Harriet Griffith was born on 4 November 1849 in Portishead, Somerset, England, to Rev. Edward Griffith and Mary, née Walker. She was only four years old when the family moved to Australia in the small sailing ship Nile. The voyage from Sydney to Brisbane was made on the little coaster steamer, City of Melbourne. Her brother was Samuel Griffith (later Premier of Queensland).

Her father Rev. Edward Griffith was one of the pioneers of Congregationalism in Queensland. The  family settled in Ipswich, Queensland. After a few years there Mr. Griffith took the oversight of the Congregational church at Maitland, New South Wales. His sons attended the high school there, and Miss Griffith also received portion of her schooling at that town. In 1860, her father relocated to Brisbane where he became the minister of Wharf Street Congregational Church.

Religious and charitable work
According to her obituary in the newspaper The Week, "Miss Griffith found a congenial atmosphere in the church work into which she entered with a quiet zeal that characterised all of her  life. She never sought pre-eminence, but her work was marked by practicality and an absence of ostentation. The spectacular did not appeal to her. Her judgment was sound, while she was never obstinate. Her opinions once formed, would take some convincing to be removed. Her entire absence of pride appealed to all who came into contact with her. She was essentially Victorian in her outlook on life,  and religiously her sympathies extended beyond those of her own denomination, and showed the breadth of her view of life."

Her charitable work with public institutions included work with the Lady Musgrave Lodge, the Children's Hospital, the Charity Organisation Society, the National Council of Women, the City Mission, the Brisbane Benevolent Society, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Young Women's Christian Association and the Aged Christian Women's Home.

During World War I,  Miss Griffith worked with the Red Cross Society and other patriotic organisations. In 1911 she was honoured with the distinction of Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of which she was the only recipient in Queensland. The decoration was conferred upon her at Government House by Sir J William MacGregor, the then Governor of Queensland.

Later life
She died on  27 July 1930 aged 80 at the Aged Christian Women's Home New Farm, Brisbane and buried with Congregational forms in Toowong cemetery.

The main entrance doors to the Young Women's Christian Association rooms were officially opened, and dedicated in her memory on  6 May 1931. The doors are of glass, ornamented with the association triangle in royal blue, black, and gold. Lady Goodwin, who officially unlocked the doors, was met on arrival by the president (Mrs. W. H. Birnes) and the general secretary (Miss Rose Winter). She was presented with a sheaf of gladioli. In unveiling the table above the doors Lady Goodwin paid tribute to the long and unselfish life of Miss Griffith. Mrs. Barnes expressed the boards desire to pay tribute to Miss Griffith, who had given a great deal of her life to the Young Women's Christian Association.

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In any case, here we are. It's the end of the week. Have a good one? Got any plans for the weekend? Feel free to talk about anything you'd like, either here in this open thread or over in our fancy Talk Amongst Yourselves.


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It's a bleak, bleak, bleak, bleak world that Celeste Makoff has conjured up in Crashlight, a highly ambitious if bumpily executed work about an Orwellian society in which millions of people are literally kept in darkness for all but three minutes a day.
The show, at the Cherry Lane Theatre, incorporates plaintive songs by Ms. Makoff, who is also responsible for the book and direction; elements of ballet choreographed by Kaitlyn Moise; and 1984-inspired film projections by Aaron Duffy. The films, aired to all of the residents, provide a bit of edgy satire to the portrait of this dystopian universe through fairly outlandish public service announcements extolling the virtues of the primary food sources of potatoes, mushrooms, and rhubarb.
Many of these announcements also serve the purpose of rhapsodizing over the gloriousness of Supreme Leader Marcus (played with a nice balance of public charisma and personal cruelty by Andy Dispensa), as well as to send out calls for the populace to be ever vigilant against "illegal musicians." Music that is not under Marcus's direct control is deemed to be subversive. As a consequence, he keeps close tabs on his only trusted musician, Anthony (Caleb Schaaf), who is charged with writing anthems to the leader's greatness. Right now, Anthony is working on an opera to commemorate Marcus's fifteenth anniversary as dictator.
Anthony neither likes Marcus nor the way he runs things, but he feels he has no other option available to him. And, admittedly, he does prefer to live the far more privileged life available to those who are part of the inner circle in the sun-filled Upper Country. But then he meets up with Rian (Lindsay Danielle Gitter).
Rian and her two sisters eke out a living by making and selling violins out of their humble home in the Lower Country, where Marcus has found a way to block the sunlight for almost the entire 24-hour cycle. Rian has come upon copies of some of Anthony's music, and when he shows up to retrieve it, she ends up going back with him to the Upper Country. Together they cook up a scheme to use the performance of the new opera to expose Marcus and foment an uprising.
In creating the show, Ms. Makoff has said she was inspired "by the stories of North Korean defectors," and certainly Marcus reminds us of that country's leader, Kim Jong-un. There is also a compelling mythic quality to the way the central story unfolds simply and slowly over the two-hour production, with the songs providing much of the exposition. The key performances by Mr. Schaaf, Ms. Gitter, and Mr. Dispensa help to carry everything along in a fable-like way. But there also are a lot of extraneous plot turns, and too much of the production is overwrought, distracting, and confusing, demanding a great deal of our attention in order to follow the storyline. Crashlight is in need of both trimming and clarification, and perhaps reshaping into a shorter sung-through musical or opera. There is certainly enough there to make it worth the continued effort.