Most of the residents of Kabul still alien to urban culture

KABUL (SW): Some residents of Kabul said that some of the residents in the city do not consider urbanization culture and dump garbage on roads and street corners.

Dumping off garbage on unsuitable places, stopping cars at the corners of the public roads, abusing female students, occupying green areas forcefully, and other illegal and immoral actions at the city level are the sign of the lack of respect for the culture of urbanization by the residents of the capital city.

October 31 is the World Cities Day, which is celebrated by some countries in a special manner.

Kabul with more than 5 million populations is one of the largest cities in Afghanistan and every day the population of this city grows exponentially.

The reason for the accumulation of the large population in this city is poverty, unemployment and the livelihood facilities which attracted many people from the villages from far and near provinces to settle in Kabul most of whom were unfamiliar with the culture of city life.

Some Kabul residents believed that most of the city residents do not respect the city’s living manner, their deeds are contrary to the culture of the city life, and they are not concerned for the protection of the environment.

Ahmad, a resident of Kabul, in an interview with Salam Watandar said that the excessive gathering of villagers and their lack of familiarity with the city life has made the streets and corners filled with garbage they throw out; the traffic rules are not followed and the other principles of urban living disregarded.

Shakila Navid, a resident of Kabul, said nobody thinks about the beauty of Kabul city; some green areas were taken by powerful people forcefully, and the side streets and public roads are being used as parking spots for cars.

Miss Navid asked the government and the political leaders to give awareness to people for the culture of urban life.

Dr. Kabir Ranjbar, a sociologist, said the urbanization culture in Afghanistan has changed a lot. According to him, this change is due to wars that resulted in displacement of village dwellers to resettle in cities.

Mr. Ranjbar added that the shift in culture needs time, and to create a positive change in the culture of city dwellers, it requires many years to work on it.

According to Mr. Ranjbar, people must distinguish between urban and rural life and respect the principles of urban living.

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