12/12/2025
We have a number of needs to be accomplished in our daily life. Food, home and clothes are our basic needs. Education, getting treatment for diseases, travelling, enjoying leisure are also among our needs. Other than these needs there are many more needs to be fulfilled in our daily life. Think about the services provided to meet these needs.
The school is for education. Hospitals are for getting treatment for diseases. Bus services are there for our needs in travelling. Similarly
there are many facilities provided to spend our leisure. Think about different types of such institutions that have been established to meet your needs. The buildings, equipment, machines and many other materials that
belong to these services are called public property.
The service stations and their property which have been established with the contributions of the general public to fulfill their own necessities are called public properties.
Buildings, desks, chairs, computers, library books, laboratory equipment, sport equipment etc. in your school are public property. They are provided to you by the government to filfill your educational needs. You have the right to use them in order to polish your skills and at the same time you are expected to preserve them for future generation. The buildings, tools and different types of equipment in a hospital are public property which help to provide health services. Every person who gets the service of these places should consider that it is their duty
to protect them and keep the place clean.
The government has taken steps to renew roads and construct high ways in Sri Lanka. The objectives of these projects are to facilitate fast and safe journeys and the transport of goods. Safety fences and
traffic lights have been established, considering the safety of its users. It is our responsibility to protect them as citizens. Besides, we should not misuse roads or obstruct travelling. The pedestrians and the drivers who use the roads should care about their own safety and that of others.
We use electricity to facilitate our daily activities. As such, every citizen should be concerned about protecting power stations and the equipment which generate electricity.
Buses, bus stands, trains, railway stations, play grounds, children’s parks and libraries are also considered public property. We should
contribute to protect and keep these places clean, as good citizens.
There are common wells, tube wells, tanks and irrigation works in rural areas to fulfill citizens' common needs. Apart from the above mentioned public property, there are many other public utilities for common services which help meet common needs of our society. We as virtuous citizens should handle public property with care.
The advantages of protecting public property.
* Can provide efficient service
* As it saves the expenditure of renewing and maintaining, the remaining money can be used for the development of the country.
* Be able to improve the facilities to ensure good living standards.
* Preserve them for the needs of future generation. Measures to protect public property
* Protect public properties considering them as our duty and responsibility
* Avoid misuse of public property
* Inform the relevant institutions about the damage caused to public property
* Give the same opportunity to others to use them
* Do not use public property as private property
* Pay maintenance fees regularly
* Inform the authorized institutions when you find any kind of serious damage, caused to a public property.
* Educate the others on protecting public property