Cleanliness is essential for all to lead a healthy life. It is an important ethic of sound living. It is also a state of mind and heart that involves our morals and worship.

         Unfortunately, today many adults themselves do not set very good examples of cleanliness. In fact, habits like smoking, chewing tobacco and betel leaves, and spitting on roads and sidewalks are very common in our society. Many public places used for defecating are left messy and stinking, leading to many diseases.

        Litter on roads, polluted water bodies and poor sanitation make the public places as breeding grounds for pests. Rats, mice, cockroaches, flies, and mosquitoes serve as hosts for transmitting disease among us. Lack of hygiene is an open invitation to infectious disease.

        A healthy environment is necessary if we want to live healthy. If the environment is dirty, it affects the health of the people living around. We can lead a healthy life by means of having clean and hygienic environment. It is the responsibility of each and every human being to maintain certain hygienic standards and cleanliness for a clean and healthy environment.

        It is important to keep ourselves and our homes clean otherwise we could  get ill  and our homes would attract mice and rats as well as other pests.