I had a discussion yesterday on municipal solid waste management strategy.
I was moved by stories of daily plight of ragpickers in the chain of waste disposal system in the city that we live in. The ragpickers, who serve as human sorting agents of our garbage, are mostly children. We rob them of their childhood, of a human existence. They have no education, no health back-up. Disease, dog-bites, stinking filth, crumbling heaps of garbage on top are daily occurrences. But most devastating is that they are not free: they are virtually bonded labourers of middlemen-contractors. Reminded me somehow of 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
A Waste Disposal Strategy must take rehabilitation of ragpickers into account.
-DS
(Picture from 'Slumdog Millionaire')
Respected Sir,
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Regards,
Sukanta Sen Roy
WBPDCL
Dear Sukanata,
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Take care.
-DS
Respected Sir,
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Sir,after you left WBPDCL, we are not getting enough support from our Top Management related to IT Projects which we want to implement for the betterment of STPS and WBPDCL.
Regards,
Sukanta Sen Roy
Times of India carries a story today. See:
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