Similarly I have read about some little known companies in Hyderabad who offer solutions to scavenging waste through mechanised means liberating our poor manual scavengers. These Companies are the pride of our society for they offer solutions to societal problems and have made the farming community and scavengers proud about their profession. It is shocking to know that even in the constituency of leader of opposition Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Vidhisha in MP there is large scale manual scavenging. The rehabilitation efforts have been half hearted with the official machinery bungling everywhere. One District Collector in Haryana justified their dismissal from municipal rolls for they are inefficient. Indian Railways are the largest employer of manual scavengers. these are all sickening in a democracy.

Every year, the Government chooses people from various walks of life such as Sports, Industry, Social work, Arts, literature and culture and annouces Padma Awards. This year Padma Vibhushan has gone to Dr.Ahluwalia and a host of others. But it is the promoters of these Companies who need to be recognised and honoured.