Public property is what people of a country own and use it jointly. For example, we walk on road, use electricity, public parks and grounds, hospital, libraries, government offices, etc. These are all built with public money, that is from the taxes. we pay. And the government is responsible for maintaining this property. But it does not mean that people have no role to play in this regard.
If the government is responsible for building and maintaining public property, it is the duty of people to help the government in maintaining it. It costs a lot of money to build or buy these things and our country is not so rich. Hence our duty increases a little bit more. If we, the people of the country do not use these public amenities properly or if we destroy them, it will not be easy to replace them.
It has been seen that people use water and electricity recklessly, they cause accidents by removing parts of railway tracks and steal or damage bulbs and fans- from railway
compartments. They do not use railway toilet properly. They throw garbage on the road and spit on it while walking. Other people have to suffer because of this antisocial behavior Sometimes electric, telephone and telegraph lines are cut and stolen. As a result everyone suffers as communication gets disrupted. It has also been seen that telephone booth post offices and letter-boxes are damaged. Benches are stolen from the parks and water sources contaminated, causinp. numerous problems to others.
Now we will see why people destroy, or steal public property or why they use it carelessly. Most of the time it has been seen that people destroy it to express their anger and frustration. When people are angry about something they organize a protest, they burn and destroy something. They burn and destroy public buildings and buses and stop trains This causes many problems for other people. As they cannot reach their offices, factories or schools in time, many valuable working hours are lost. This causes great loss to the country
We know India is a developing country and whenever such things occur, they slow down its progress. Hence, it foolish to destroy public property because one is harming oneself as well as the progress of the country. We must know, we have no right to destroy it or use it recklessly or steal it (public property) is something we own collectively and use jointly. If we have any grievances or any legitimate demand, we can approach the authorities peacefully. Destruction of
public property is no solution of any problem. It only creates more of it.
As good citizens it is our duty to use the public properly as carefully as we use our own things. Its misuse causes inconvenience to everybody, including ourselves. We must develop a sense of cooperation in having a comfortable and
happy civic life. We all must work together, contribute funds by paying taxes on time and have a sense of responsibility In preserve conveniences which exist for the benefit of all.
