Qurban Ali Feature
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PREDICAMENT SITUATION ON SANITORY WORKERS
There are distinct people to perform distinct tasks, and all the tasks have meaning and importance in their own way. However, there also exist some works that are not everyone's cup of tea. Sanitary work is one of them. Although proper sanitation is very necessary for every single town yet we see no firm attention towards the case. Majorly, it is conceded in Pakistan that such a profession - related to sanitation - is inferior to our faith and religion; and performing such a work would result in staining the faith of a Muslim. However, it is clearly mentioned in Islam that cleanliness is half faith. Such a misinterpretation of people causes in ignorance towards the major factor - sanitation - which later dooms the decorum of our environment. It is not only citizens who are ignorant towards sanitation but government also. There are no proper policies and regulations for how would people, cleaning the gutters in the environment of harmful gases, be rescued if confronted by some hazards. According to a survey, around 24 sanitary workers have lost their lives during the last two decades due to lack of proper management. Not only the management but the doctors - worried about their faiths - have also in not saving the sanitary workers' live.
Irfan Maseeh of Umerkot is an example of such a tragedy. When he got unconscious in the gutter due to the hazardous gases, he fell into the gutter and his clothes got dirty. He was breathing obturate a bit. The doctor on duty refused to touch him as long as it was the matter of the doctor's faith and at that time he was fasting. After while other one medical officer arrived and told to ward boy to put him on oxygen said by his relative who was with him but “Irfan was gone”. Such an ignorance towards saving the savers of "half faith" is condemnable.
Here, is another story of sanitary worker he states that people use vulgar language and abuse us if we don’t complete our work as they want and they warn us if you don’t complete your work we will beat you.
Mohan lal resident of Hyderabad and worker of this field further said I have seen many people die. We put our lives in danger to make clean your cities, towns and villages. We also feeling like to leave this job but it is our hardship to do this work if we don’t work then how we survive. We also dislike this work but we are helpless. We are working for sake of our children and for people of our country if we stop this work then our children will die of hunger and people will live in grimy environment unlikely. We starts our duty from sunrise and even we don’t know about it that when we will back to our homes
His elder brother also passed away due to the some reckless gases while have cleaning the blocked mainholes. Wife of his elder brother tells story about his husband that he returned from his duty and said i am having an issue of blood pressure then we took him to hospital but he died on his way. We have no any support and have burdened from debt and dues. She cried emotionally and said how I survive? , how i bring up my children?
We have spent our entire live to clean mainholes, gutters and clean cities and towns. We have been serving country from our forefathers but never receive anything in return from government. Said by his father.
This practical work carried out under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi, at Media and Communication studies, University of Sindh Jamshoro
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