The Sewer Men of Mumbai
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- Опубликовано: 11 дек 2013
- Every day Mumbai produces enough sewage to fill 4,500 Olympic-size swimming pools. Despite the many modern comforts of Mumbai, the sewer system is outdated and is still cleaned by hand. At least once a year the manhole covers are removed and a worker is lowered down with only a helmet for protection. The worker then scoops out the sludge consisting of both human and industrial waste that has been collecting in the pipes. It is not uncommon for Indian sewer workers to become ill or die from the toxic fumes. Indian Parliament recently passed a law in an effort to improve these poor working conditions, but many are doubtful that the new measures will make a difference.
Here is the story of the sewer men of Mumbai.
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these guys must have immune systems of steel
no, there is just a great line of unemployed to replace them at this literally shit job
Lol A lot of our immune systems are made of steel we just don't know think about it we're able to eat bugs well in the wild we do
no because these guys often die
Fukin A
Nobody should be working in conditions like this.
We should use inmates from jails to do this work as penance for their crimes. Better than letting them watch TV all day and fight each other and the guards. I guarantee you crime rates would go down !
That's genius.
In my country we make them work salt in 100 degree heat with nothing more then a shovel they never go back to jail.
Jeremy BBenthem - you kidding me? if inmates in US went to do this kind of work, in no time there will be lot of lawsuits for being sick.
Maybe set a threshold, like this work come together with life sentence, death penalty or jail time more than 20 years.
Yes, because we should let dangerous prisoners freely run around in a sewer
It's 2017 and we still haven't achieved gender equality for women in sewer maintenance work. WTF?
Travis Gibby true dat
😂😂😂
Travis Gibby
Hilarious
yeah wtf! All i see in construction and dirty work are men. Thats sexist!
Dude this video is about people suffering horribly, trapped in a dangerous an unfair situation...and all you can do is take a jab at women? ffs read the room
And I thought the Mexico City sewer divers had it the worst. At least those guys got suits. These poor low-caste guys get a hard hat.
man i work as a plumber and i must say sometimes it gets messy....but this!!. much respect for these men
I'm a sewer & Watermain worker in Chicago Illinois I tip my hat to these men in the video it's a real dangerous job give those guys a raise. what a real man would do to feed his family.
This is a very sad story for such people in here or i could say all over the world that do relate to him
Sir, you're taking about third world country here...hello!!
Annnnnnd they have money to invest in space but not this?
cassandra5322 well, they certainly have the money coz GDP of Mumbai (where the workers in the clip are frm) is USD 368B (PPP)-FY2016-17 & the annual budget of BMC (municipal Corp of Mumbai) for 2017-18 is a staggering USD 5.4B, bt, the level of corruption fm bureaucracy to politics, from judiciary system to law enforcement system is fucking too high. Yeah, u gt the answer, its corruption, besides, the caste system.
cassandra5322 why should it be another country’s problem ? Because as far as I know India has never invested in space because their own government is to unstable and the people aren’t smart enough .
cassandra5322 their space agency is earning profit its not loss
Jacks Place Indians aren’t smart enough?? What are you smoking? 😂😂😂
Jacks Place Indian aren't smart?? Half of NASA scientist are Indians and check how Indians are CEO of big companies in US..Check how many Indian doctors are working in US
immune system level - over 9000!
nadenitza aha good one
nadenitza max level you can have is 99, unless if you're training dungeoneering
And some idiots say that the poor are lazy, that's why they're poor! LOL. The reason they are poor is becoz they have been exploited by the rich for centuries for their labor in exchnage for a minimum wage that keeps them poor forever. Why would the rich want them in a perpetual poverty? Cheap labor. Voltaire once said: the comfort of the rich depends on the abundant supply of the poor!
maybe in YOUR country. in the USA, everyone has to opportunity to become rich
+tiehut you are so wrong.
dajapa if you say so, marxist
tiehut That's why my Peruvian grandma moved to USA. Now I'm 2nd generation, happy!
May be not everyone, but definitely the best chances to become successful are in US *for sure*
the mentality of looking down on these people needs to change. they're doing the job nobody wants, so they should be treated like kings.
I totally agree but thats just the culture in India. Under the Hindu caste system The "Untouchables" are to be given no attention it's sad but true.
M. D. 💩
So the untouchables in America are undocumented workers then???? Someone send "The Donald" a memo.
you have to be in a system to classify that your in a system. undocumented workers won't even be in a class in america since there not actually supposed to be here
It's the caste system dude. Crack a book.
this is the most disheartening story i have ever seen.
Even though we are looking down at those men working, we should always look up at them.
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Are gas masks more expensive than these workers' health?
Good question!
Masks? maybe not. The massive social reform required to change the state of things? Long and bloody conflicts have started over lesser things.
in india willing men are more easy to find than gas masks or proper gears for these jobs.
Jayesh Limaye Today, 3 workers died due to gas while working.
People who clean out fatbergs in central London do not wear any gas masks too, but they have portable gas analyzers
We got suits and full cover helments .they only have coconut oil and boots. Big respect for anyone willing to do this job
Salute to the unsung heroes !
Salute to the these men who keep Mumbai running.. Government needs to look into this loopholes and provide facilities and support to this department.
Well only if enough salutes would help at all, they suffer very badly i wish they get their rights
This is inhumane. Just terrible. Those poor men. They should be the highest paid workers in their country. Ideally get machines to do that job.
were the feminist at
Me
You stupid what feminist? Who forced them
kathrine dsilva *male privilege*
Da SJWs bad??
😂😂😂😂great point
They need to outlaw the cast system. These sewer workers are only the symptom of a bigger problem. Replacing the workers with more modern equipment will put most of them out of work, and giving them better protection won't solve the main problem. it'll be like giving pain killers to someone who has cancer, which is better than nothing but good enough.
The cast system was outlawed in the 90s. He brought caste into this because thats his propoganda. YOu fell for it.
How this is even a thing is hard to understand.
For people who are in such desperation there should be communities to provide a stable safe environment. An independent and self supporting community.
I will not mock this poor persons. This is a work, the work in this country is very rare. I am contemptuous of the state, which knows that this kind of work exists in these miserable circumstances, and is watching without doing anything to repair it.This is shame
Absolutely
Just watched the UK version of this and the unisoforms, equipment differences are crazy!
And I moan about working in the bakery at Waitrose..
There is plenty of money in India. But as long as people are willing to go down in the hole and get filthy to do the dirty work, why would politicians spend any money on modern equipment? Some guy wants to earn a living and take the risk, the politicians see it as being way cheaper than buying vacuum trucks or waterjet blowers. They know that if the truck breaks down (and they do) it will need to be fixed, pay for maintenance and new parts... but if the worker gets sick or worse, just find someone else who is starving and needs the money. As long as people will keep taking the risks and go down the hole, why would politicians spend money on buying machinery?
You got a very good point
I want to be a sewer man, I have no sense of smell 👍🏽😀💩
Flints Molina wtf is ur picture? U in the kkk?
Your sense of smell is the least of your worries when your doing that job.
India is the best country in world till now and will be forever.
Government should bring machines & stop this human abuse. I Salute to the sewer workers. This is a major issue to be taken care on immediate basis.
To be fair there just missing a bit of PPE done the same sort of work in the uk on £7 hour there is specialist kit tankers and stuff but sometimes you have to amongst it.
Helmet for what? LOL
Heavy duty turds!
dand2412 lol
These guys are the real heroes.
Nice channel , and a good reportage
Thank you, men.
You're welcome 👍🏻
I will never complain about my job again I feel ashamed
These men are so brave and I think that they deserve to get paid a lot money.
India needs an OSHA type organization yesterday
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It's 2020 and the system haven't changed 😰
India will be a super power by 2020? I can see that
Where did you even read that no one claimed that you asshat
Nobody care them.. They re already collonie..
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Salute to these workers who make our everyday possible .....Our everyday we pass they are many people efforts behind those .... Humanity,Mankind all these are not just words much lies behind those....... Government should give them Everything they need mainly Medical Terms !
Manual scavenging, the living testament of caste discrimination in India still exists despite the country’s legislative and policy efforts to end it. On December 2, 2021, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment informed the Rajya Sabha that 42594 out of 52098 identified manual scavengers in India are from SCs, 421 from STs and 431 from OBCs. The numbers depict that sanitation in India is linked to a caste-based structure, that most people involved in the manual cleaning of sewages, dry toilets, septic tanks, etc. are from the lower castes of the society.
A noble jobs.u guys deserve our respects
These r real hero's
I thought Carlos from Mexico City had it worse, but my God, Suresh here from Mumbai just won hands down by a country mile. Hey massive respect ✊ though.
they are looked at the same way "cart pushers" are in the states. Lowest of the low. Rejects not good enough to get anything better.
Salute to u sir
Good thing they're wearing safety hats!
i can't belive i am watching this ..while eating chicken kadai😎😎.
literally there is no coverage of this matters ...in the main stream youtube😟😟
Much respect tho
women should participate in sewer diving, because men and women are equal
They're great!
No different than walking on the streets.
where can we find them?
Respect..
Holy crap (pun). This is disgusting. Poor workers.
I feel terrible for these guys
The government needs to provide tools and equipment..
this peoples doing great job......god bless them....indian government never take care of this peoples....
Hatt off to this people that do help to my city run smuthly
I am indian and I feel very pain for my brother's.
Me too brother
हे मानस martahi बोलतं आहेत अपमान ही वाटतो आणि अभिमान ही proud of you mans you are the main reason of cleanness of mumbai and other. States
sambhavs dream job
What do they do with the waste
Can someone please send this poor men some masks. I would buy him one if i know where to send him to. Thats a shame that a man's health worth so little in India. In Mumbai, a town full of bilionaires so rich that even Trump would look poor when compared to.
According to me, they should be paid in crores
Why aren't they wearing full protection that's terrible . They are not a poor country at all
In our India upper cast ppls don't work
Bt lower cast ppls work this type of work..this was incredible beauty of our India
What beauty lies in this? 💔
The best solution is that gov should provide SEWER VACUUM TRUCKS
Heads off to those guys
How does a rich country like India not have better infrastructure?! India is a super power belive it our not
rich? HAHAHAHA inida is poor than africa
Red Munic The world knows all about India designated shitting street, laughing stock of the world hahaha shitdia
poohead970 that's sad. what a shitty country *ti tum tish*
Red Munic india poor than africa hahaha dirty people
poohead970 acctually not . India is a very rich country . But the average income of each person is very less . However the govt is one of the richest in the world .
what if thecandle makes the hole go boom?
I would suggest all the workers to stop doing this job until they do something for this.
Government please implement safety at work place and stop manual scavenging work
I always wear flip flops when im lifting steel covers
2:20 We do that at our factory after my mate has been on the bog lol. This tho is disgusting. No one should have to do this job and put their health on the line.
Death by 60 ....... retirement is 65 where I work.
Thanks for underlining their plight..BMC, are you sleeping?
May the Lord have mercy on u. 🙏🏿❤️
someone link me this beat
I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and this is done everyday here.
There is safety laws that protect workers from this here and it is the actual workers who do not care bout themselves and refuse to work safe.
I saw this video an read the comments and it made me laugh.
The Government, unions and workers know about this here and do not care one bit.
Once again, I repeat, I am in Canada, which is supposed to be different than other countries and this is done here, every single day.
It’s a good thing he had rubber boots on. lol
Break the material around it. If you make a volcano?
This is supposed to Mumbai but I cannot understand the language the workers are speaking. I hear some word from Hindi but still don't understand the dialect or language that is being spoken. Can anyone help me identify the language being spoken?
+Kamil Faizi marathi
+Aniket Pawar Thanks
Skunk language
I thought their sewer system is the river?
if they are educated well about hygiene and something like that, there's no one going into the sewer with no gears, just in bare body. it's kind of problem that's attributed to lack of education and ignorance.
Salary?
Poor people 😥
Naar man give em a full suit atleast this is disgusting their government needs to sort it
coconut oil?
You know...keeps grime and dirt from sticking to you.
Why dont they use vaccuum pump?
Women need empowerment...they should be given this job for empowerment
A suit would be enough
You can't tell me India doesn't have enough money to do better than this. This is repugnant. Shame on India.
Actually, shame on Hinduism. Therein lies the problem. The caste consciousness has totally destroyed the notion of dignity of labour within the people. When it comes to public cleanliness, the people have no etiquettes because for millenia, such jobs have been reserved only for the outcaste 'untouchables' and today the general public has a preconceived notion that this is not their job. All thanks to the Hindu 'holy' scriptures (or rather manmade lawbooks of religiously sanctioned human oppression). - Coming from a former untouchable. Google 'B.R.Ambedkar'.
I was just thinking of Hinduism being a part of the problem
the usa is 17 trillion in debt usa should do better shame on them
Anybody asking themselves WHy would ANYONE ever do this? I have a Very simple answer which was said within the video: Sewer Cleaners *Union*
(And in a place like India no less..)
How much they get paid
Why companies don't provide the precautions to go into dig if they use so no effect on health
4500 olympic-size swimming pools? oh, boo hoo, can't go metric for once.
Ah yes a helmet and coconut oil everything you need to protect you from wall diseases
India needs to thank its dalits for all the hard but necessary work that they do.
Thanking don't do anything, they need help they are helpless and needy, they are bound to the fate based on their caste how sad can it ever be
And if they stopped working no one would even bat an eye.