Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Rag picker or street beautifier?

The good old rag picker seems to be doing more for garbage clearance than the official contractor in Chennai.
Many years ago, NB Nirmal of Exnora trained and equipped the rag pickers and converted them into 'street beautifiers'. 

Unsafe demolition


An old building in Royapettah being demolished with scant regard for the safety of the workers as well as the pedestrians and other road users. The debris and the demolition materials also occupied a good part of the narrow road.