Opinion
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| Sewer cleaning: Why is lack of safety costing lives? | | | | Dr. Vijay Garg
Sewer cleaning is one of the most essential yet least visible forms of public service. Every day, sanitation workers enter environments that most people never see and perform work that is necessary for cities, towns and villages to function safely. Yet when adequate safety measures are missing, this essential work can become life-threatening.
The question is not simply why accidents happen. The deeper question is why workers continue to face serious risks while performing work that society depends upon.
A Dangerous Working Environment
Sewers and manholes can contain toxic gases, contaminated water, sharp objects and other hazards. Some gases may reduce the oxygen availa | |
| | | | Great Soul vs. Supreme Soul: The two dimensions of Non-Violence | | |  Today we are celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s life’s contribution to our nation. Both Mahatma Gandhi and Mahavir Swami adopted “non-violence,” yet their concepts of it differed. One was called a Great Soul (Mahatma), and the other became the Supreme Soul (Parmatma). Mahatma Gandhi was of this era, whereas Mahavir Swami lived 2,500 years ago. It is such a coincidence of nature, the journeys of their lives began in Gujarat. Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gujarat, and followers of Mahavir Swami’s Jain fol | |
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