Looking for survival opportunities in waste heaps

Madikeri, June 19: This life., What life teaches., How it plays out, there are many images before our eyes., We also see what work is required to make a living., From begging to working as a wage laborer to earning a living. Especially working with garbage to make a living..? It may seem disgusting to the onlookers. But for those who consider scraps of clothes and scraps as a job for a living, it becomes a satisfying activity..!

On one side, a pile of garbage that is rotting and stinking., Dogs that are roaming around looking for food on it, hoping to find something., Again., Garbage carts that are bringing and dumping garbage.., Along with a few helpless workers who are searching for something in the garbage pile even in the pouring rain..!

This is the desperate situation of poor workers who are searching for a living in a garbage dump near Stone Hill in Madikeri. The municipality had given a contract to scavengers to pick up recyclable materials including plastic and bottles from the garbage, and the workers hired by the contractors were searching inside the garbage dump without any gloves, shoes or masks. They would pick up bottles and other items they found and stack them next to them. The room full of the things they had stacked there was their resting place. Their life consisted of eating and sleeping amidst the smell of garbage and flies. The same garbage dump was a playground for the workers' young children who had not seen school even though school had started. They were playing as they pleased on the broken children's bicycles that someone had thrown away and found with the garbage..! This is an example of how migrants in search of work are ready to do any kind of work.

Service of Municipal Workers

The municipal workers are still engaged in similar work. What would be the situation of the society if the municipal workers took a day off? What would happen if there were no municipal workers at all? Unimaginable. 

From sweeping the garbage to cleaning the drains and ditches, their work continues. This work is done daily. Sometimes, there is a situation where they have to work 24 hours a day.

Especially if you look at the situation of the garbage transporters, it is a pity. The necessity of having to work standing up amidst the garbage that is overflowing in the cart. If you arrive late, if something falls down while throwing garbage, the people will curse you. The situation is even more miserable during the rainy season. Even when it is raining, you cannot get down and take shelter. The necessity of having to work standing up. It is a blessing if someone gives you a cup of coffee or tea on a rare occasion..! For the cleanliness of society, for the betterment of society, if you speak with love and compassion towards such people who seek a living in the garbage dump, then those lives will also be somewhat satisfied.

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