00:00JHMC Parasurja Karmikulu is spreading clean light in Baki Nagar at midnight, while the city is sleeping.
00:12They are cleaning the streets with their dirty hands.
00:19They are saying proudly that this is our job and this is our road.
00:22They are cleaning the streets with a lot of effort, saying that if we don't go to work one day, we will be in trouble in Hyderabad.
00:29Let's talk to Karmikulu and get to know about their experience.
00:59Hyderabad is one step ahead of other cities in the country in terms of cleanliness and sanitation.
01:10The reason for this is Parasurja Karmikulu.
01:12With their hard work, Baki Nagar's name is heard great in the international level.
01:16They clean the streets before the city and pollute the garbage.
01:21No matter how much work they do, they do it happily.
01:23They feel ashamed that the roads look unclean.
01:29At the end of the day, what they do is wrong.
01:54We feel happy doing this.
01:58If there is no cleanliness, it is a waste to be a worker.
02:02Even if I sit here, without my boss, I have a responsibility.
02:07I have to work.
02:08I don't want to talk to them.
02:10I will do it until I finish my studies.
02:12There is no machine.
02:14We have to dig ourselves.
02:15We have to dig ourselves.
02:16We have to go to the dumping ground and dig ourselves.
02:20We don't even have a dumpster.
02:22We have to go there and dig ourselves.
02:24They throw the garbage wherever they want.
02:27They throw it on the ground and leave it there.
02:30Sometimes, even we get covered.
02:33Even if we tell them, they don't understand.
02:36We are doing our job.
02:39When we go to the dumpster,
02:42someone comes and says,
02:43Mom, wait.
02:44There is dust.
02:45We have been doing this since morning.
02:49Don't we get that dust?
02:51If you go there for a couple of minutes,
02:54you won't get it.
02:55The public will threaten us.
02:57In Greater City,
02:59women are seen as the main workers.
03:03Some of them work in forestry.
03:06Some of them work in JHMC.
03:09Women aged between 50 and 60
03:12are fighting for the cleanliness of Hyderabad.
03:19About 19,000 forestry workers work in JHMC.
03:2318,000 of them are women.
03:26They clean the roads every day
03:30to keep Hyderabad a clean city.
03:33In the morning,
03:34when the roads shine like mirrors,
03:36women workers are struggling behind them.
03:39They wake up before sunrise.
03:42They are fighting for the cleanliness
03:45of Hyderabad.
03:46We have to wake up at 3 a.m.
03:48We can't even cook rice and vegetables.
03:51When it's 3 a.m.,
03:53we don't have anything to eat.
03:55We get hungry.
03:56I vomited yesterday.
03:58If you vomit,
03:59you go to the hospital.
04:01If you vomit in front of them,
04:03you don't eat on time.
04:05That's why you vomit.
04:08What can we do?
04:10We can't do anything.
04:13We can't sleep.
04:15We are working without food.
04:18I had a heart problem.
04:21I'm working.
04:24I'm taking pills.
04:26I've been working since I was 300.
04:29I've been working since then.
04:31I'm old now.
04:33I don't have a job.
04:35I don't have a family.
04:37I can't do anything.
04:41I'm working for food.
04:45The road is making it difficult
04:47for the cleaners to get food.
04:50They are working without food.
04:53They are working without food.
04:56They are working without food.
04:59They are working without food.
05:02Some of the cleaners died.
05:05Some of them were injured.
05:08The pollution on the roads
05:10is becoming a problem for the cleaners.
05:13Last month,
05:14a cleaner was hit by a vehicle
05:16while clearing a road
05:18in front of Charminar.
05:21Two months ago,
05:23another cleaner was injured.
05:26A cleaner named Pochamma
05:28lost both her legs in Miyapur.
05:30Sunitha, who works on Ramkoti road,
05:33was hit by a Kalasala bus.
05:36She is working for a poor family.
05:40The mayor is helping her.
05:42It's urgent.
05:44Women are dying.
05:46We get our salary only if we work.
05:49We don't get our salary.
05:51We have to work again.
05:53I'm scared.
05:55I don't want to cross the road.
05:58We have to give money to the people in need.
06:01If they die on duty,
06:03it's not their fault.
06:07No one cares for us.
06:09We don't have money.
06:11Everyone looks down on us.
06:13We have to work.
06:15Even if we get hit,
06:17no one cares for us.
06:19I lost my leg.
06:21I have two children.
06:23We have to work.
06:25I lost my leg.
06:27They hit me.
06:29I'm scared.
06:31If we are lucky,
06:33we don't die.
06:35If we are unlucky,
06:37we die.
06:41My mother had an accident twice.
06:44She lost her leg.
06:46She gave me a job.
06:48It's been four years since she quit.
06:51She can't even walk.
06:53My mother has to pay
06:55three thousand rupees a month.
06:59My father is worried
07:01about cleaning two rooms.
07:03These women are cleaning
07:05the roads for miles.
07:07They are facing many problems.
07:10They are scared of the authorities.
07:12They have to work.
07:14But they are happy
07:16to keep the roads clean.
07:20In Kshetra,
07:21there is no respect for
07:23cleanliness workers.
07:25They wear torn uniforms
07:27and don't wear gloves.
07:29They don't even get
07:31clean drinking water.
07:33Another problem is
07:35that they have to
07:37go to the toilet.
07:41No one cares for us.
07:43They are ignoring us.
07:45They are ignoring us.
07:47They are ignoring us.
07:49They are ignoring us.
07:51They are ignoring us.
07:53They are ignoring us.
07:55They have a right to rent
07:57and we don't even have
07:59a bedroom in our community.
08:02We don't have bathrooms.
08:04We don't have anything upstairs.
08:06We don't have any elevators.
08:08We need bathrooms and cars.
08:11We buy food and glasses.
08:13We can't even buy food.
08:15We have no money
08:17to buy food.
08:19We don't even have a room
08:22to buy food.
08:24There is no water supply.
08:26If they see us, they will throw us away.
08:28They say,
08:30we are sitting in front of the shop.
08:32We don't have any money to pay the rent.
08:34We are sitting in front of the shop.
08:36The CP's are not giving us any money.
08:38They give us a monthly salary of 3-4 months.
08:40Sometimes, they give us a monthly salary of 5 months.
08:42We don't have money to pay the rent.
08:44We have to pay the rent with our own money.
08:46We don't have any clothes, oil, boots.
08:48We don't have anything.
08:50Our clothes are old.
08:52What else can we do?
08:54We have to wear old clothes.
08:56We don't have any other choice.
08:58When asked about the government's
09:00response to this issue,
09:02the women workers are saying
09:04that the government is taking
09:06action against the threat.
09:08They are crying because
09:10they can't walk.
09:12I fell on my head
09:14on two feet.
09:16I can't walk that far.
09:18I can't walk that far.
09:20I am from Borabanda.
09:22I was not able to walk from here.
09:24I was in a very bad condition.
09:26They did nothing to me.
09:28The owner of the diamond building
09:30was very supportive of me.
09:32But, now,
09:34they are taking offence.
09:36They say,
09:38your feet are in a very bad condition.
09:40You are being abused.
09:42They tied their hands together
09:44and put me down.
09:46They didn't do anything in return.
09:48Don't trouble people like us. We have been getting money from our father till now.
09:52When we are alive, we will give as much as we can.
09:55Keep others in our place.
09:57Instead of giving Rs. 20 lakhs to Sathya, give us Rs. 15 lakhs when we are alive.
10:02Leave the poor people.
10:05They will have children and nieces.
10:07If you trouble them, it won't be good for you.
10:09I asked him nicely.
10:11This is the life of the women workers of J.C.M.C. Parashuram in our city.
10:17The government, the politicians and the people are not concerned about this.
10:22They are living in their own cities.
10:25In the dark, the city lights up.
10:28Cameraman Devendra and Satish from ETV News Hyderabad.
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