Respecting ragpickers

Ragpickers are the people who visit the areas of our locality to pick up garbage generally. They collect useless household items like food remains, bottles, paper, plastic products like plastic bags, etc.

Without their service the useless remains would remain at home. House & locality wouldn’t be clean. Environment could become a breeding place for germs & insects. This can make people get infected easily due to the rise in germs & insects in the locality. This can make people ill. Even if one family member gets ill then his illness could spread to his family members. Children won’t be able to go to school. People who work may not show efficiency at work due to their illness & some may not go to work if illness is high. This can decrease work productivity. Decline in work productivity would affect profit & if profit will decline then even economy will suffer.

Thus ragpickers play an important role for any country’s economy but they don’t get the credit & respect they deserve.

Their work is very tough. Collecting useless products & dumping it at the place of collection & sometimes burning the waste keeps the environment clean. They do this monotonous job everyday sincerely even during harsh weather where many opt to stay at home. The work very hard but get paid very less. Many organisations consider them the last class of workers but in my opinion what they do is great.

People respect mostly those who’re better than them economically or have a good position in the society. We all must understand the significance of their hard work & respect them equally. One must be humble enough mentally to share pleasantries, smiles & statements with them without any hesitation as they are the prime conservers of our environment.