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Amina

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Posted: 18 years ago

If you want a better Mumbai, only you can make it happen, so...

...GO VOTE

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Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta took up the broom on Aug 15, 2005 and swept the streets near Rangsharda, Bandra, to stress the significance of civic discipline.

If you want a better Mumbai, only you can make it happen. This is the moment to translate opinions into votes. We all should be proud of Mumbai, and it's very sad that lots of people don't vote. If you go out there and do the right thing, it will make a huge difference to this city. You could say my decision to pitch in for the Mumbai Municipal elections this year was a result of that maturation. Earlier, perhaps civic matters in Mumbai wouldn't have mattered so much to me. But now they do. I feel inside me that I need to do something about the situation. In Delhi, they don't even have potholes on the main roads! Delhi is so much cleaner. Why? When we in Mumbai are the highest tax payers in the country. Parts of Mumbai stink, roads are pitiable. Much as I'd have liked to distance myself from all this, like we all do, I can't turn a blind eye because I feel I can make a difference. Sometimes I wish I could just paint my nails, wear my high heels to go out dancing. But I'm not like that. Things bother me. Whether it's my dog's health or the street dogs of Mumbai. Yes, I'm concerned about this city. I shall vote today. Hope you do too."