A Study among the Problems Faced by Women Rag Pickers in Madurai Corporation
- Country : India
- Subject : Social Sciences
Keywords : Women Rag Pickers, Harassment, Chewing Habits, Ill treatment
Abstract
India is one of the developing countries in terms of economic and in population too.India is ranked as no 2 next to china having the highest population. This lead to the rapid growth of cities, slums and the emerging urban areas are replacing the villages. So this had contributed to the problems of pollution, one among them is the solid waste produced. Though the government had formulated policies yet the managemnt of waste is a perenial problem. In this aspect collection of waste and recying process is done through the rag pickers. This activity requires no skills and is a source of income for a growing number of urban poor people. Rag pickers are very poor and live in nearby the dumping station. They have poor quality of houses without running water or electricity facilities.They pick the waste particles which inludes papers, plastic bags, pet jars, containers etc. During the process of collecting the waste they encounter many problems such as dog bite, harassment by the money lenders, shop keepers and police. The earning of the rag pickers is very low considering their amount of time spent on it. So an attempt is made by the researcher to study the problems faced by the women rag pickers in Madurai Corporation. It has been found that majority of the people involved are illeterates,, lend money and living in slums.
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