A better work environment for sanitation workers requires mechanisation, better gear and bigger private play

A better work environment for sanitation workers requires mechanisation, better gear and bigger private play

In the wreckage that the novel coronavirus is leaving in its wake, there has been an unexpected social benefit. Hundreds of thousands of sanitation workers — who have been dismissed and discriminated as kudawallah and safaiwallah — are being recognised as frontline health warriors. When they don their PPE kits to collect garbage from containment … Read more