Days are rainy grey, no after shower sunshine to add the sparkle, but its better than the scorching heat.The monsoon deficit has been come down to 16% for this year.Terrace clogged, water seeping through the bedroom ceiling & wall. Need to fix the water drainage outlets.The standard method here seems to be calling a plumber who sends in an unskilled laborer who cleans or rather tries to unblock the pipe manually. I plan on using Drainex
Thinking of which, the Indian government has finally banned manual scavenging, manual cleaning of septic tanks & other sewers (read more here), which is excellent news! It has become a punishable offence........punishable with a jail term mind you....Weather the job is given out by an individual or organisation. As yet no hue & cry over job losses. Wonder what that means, if the workers are happy they don't have to do it anymore or if they are too illiterate & unorganized to put up a fight.
Either ways it is a great step forward. Manual scavenging is dehumanizing work.
The Indian railways, which still has miles & miles of tracks that are filthy from the open toilets that the trains still continue to use, seem not too happy with the idea though.They have filed for a exemption. I would say its high time they stopped using more than a century old technology (or rather lack of it :)) & upgraded to bio-digester toilets.
While looking for the right terminology I came accross this excellent site Go Green Solutions Though privately owned they seem to be associated with government projects. Sounds great even for residential projects
Thinking of which, the Indian government has finally banned manual scavenging, manual cleaning of septic tanks & other sewers (read more here), which is excellent news! It has become a punishable offence........punishable with a jail term mind you....Weather the job is given out by an individual or organisation. As yet no hue & cry over job losses. Wonder what that means, if the workers are happy they don't have to do it anymore or if they are too illiterate & unorganized to put up a fight.
Either ways it is a great step forward. Manual scavenging is dehumanizing work.
The Indian railways, which still has miles & miles of tracks that are filthy from the open toilets that the trains still continue to use, seem not too happy with the idea though.They have filed for a exemption. I would say its high time they stopped using more than a century old technology (or rather lack of it :)) & upgraded to bio-digester toilets.
While looking for the right terminology I came accross this excellent site Go Green Solutions Though privately owned they seem to be associated with government projects. Sounds great even for residential projects
