[Reader-list] Issues Of Pourkarmikas- Sanitary Workers Need To Be Addressed For Efficient Waste Management

[Kabir Khan]

Issues Of Pourkarmikas- Sanitary Workers Need To Be Addressed For Efficient
Waste Management
<http://wastenarratives.com/2015/03/19/issues-of-pourkarmikas-sanitary-workers-need-to-be-addressed-for-efficient-waste-management-services/>

Bangalore with a population of 95 lakh, spread over 800 sq. kilometers
produces approximately 3000 tons of waste every day. The estimates of waste
generation are not accurate, and can go upto 4000-6000 tons a day. The
responsibility for the proper handling, collection, transportation and
disposal of waste in the city lies with the *Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara
Palike*- Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BBMP). The BBMP has a
sanctioned staff of 12,000 for waste management in the city, but only 7000
are on the rolls. The citizen to staff ratio is a paltry 401:1. The present
formal system of waste collection is thoroughly inadequate with many areas
left uncovered, resulting in garbage piling up on street corners.

Sanitary workers aka *Pourakarmikas *are the backbone of the door to door
waste collection. The responsibility of ensuring that the city is neat and
clean falls on the shoulders of these workers. Like wastepickers, they are
also silent environment crusaders. They need their due recognition. Their
concerns if resolved will help the city to achieve its goal of efficient
door to door collection of segregated waste, streamlining of its
transportation to appropriate processing and sorting centers, zero litter
on roads etc.

Few months ago a partner organization of Hasiru Dala requested to conduct a
socio-economic survey of *Pourkarmikas. *The sample was very small. The
study was further complemented by training of sanitary workers. Both helped
us to identify challenges which the workers particularly those who are
working on contract basis face.  Continued here
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