'Mera baba desh chalata hai': Tweeple hail Ratan Tata's hard-hitting video on sanitation workers

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday shared a hard-hitting video of sanitation workers, where a boy is seen saying: "Mera baba desh chalata hai".

Tata shared the video on his Instagram handle with the caption: "Mission Garima, for our brave sanitation workers #twobinslifewins. In Mumbai, a city of 23 million, only 50,000 individuals are employed as sanitation workers."

"They are working in difficult conditions every single day to tackle the enormous amount of waste that Mumbai generates. As a Tata Trust initiative, Mission Garima is working to provide safe, hygienic and humane working conditions for sanitation workers who are severely affected doing the unimaginable for the city so that we may find it clean!"

The caption further read: "#TwoBinsLifeWins is a campaign urging citizens to segregate their biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste to help reduce the burden on these hardworking men and women".

 

 

 

 

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In Mumbai, a city of 23 million, only 50,000 individuals are employed as sanitation workers. They are working in difficult conditions every single day to tackle the enormous amount of waste that Mumbai generates. As a @tata_trusts initiative, Mission Garima is working to provide safe, hygienic and humane working conditions for sanitation workers who are severely affected doing the unimaginable for the city so that we may find it clean! #TwoBinsLifeWins is a campaign urging citizens to segregate their biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste to help reduce the burden on these hardworking men and women. The links below will help you dispose of your waste responsibly and support our initiative. After all, this country is run by each one of us. https://www.tatatrusts.org/ #TwoBinsLifeWins

A post shared by Ratan Tata (@ratantata) on Feb 17, 2020 at 11:10pm PST

The video starts with a poem recital scene in a school where a schoolboy starts talking about his father.

"Nahi hai neta par desh ko vo chalata hai, vo doctor bhi nahi hai par vo rog bhagata hai. Mera baba desh chalata hai. Vo police main bhi nahi hai, lekin desh ki gandagi mitata hai. Vo army main bhi nahi hai par jung ladke aata hai. Mera baba desh chalata hai".

He continues by saying what would happen if his father would stop going to work, "Bachche school nahi pahunchenge, naahi doctor hospital."

In the end, the video shows a sanitation worker climbing down a sewer as the schoolboy explains that the people don't segregate dry and wet waste, and manual scavengers catch lethal diseases and sometimes, die during the process.

"Kabhi kabhi lagta hai mera baba bimariyo se haar jaega, kabhi kabhi lagta hai baba laut ke ghar nahi aaega," says the schoolboy.

As the post went viral, social media went abuzz with reactions.

A user posted on Tata's handle: "We should clone Mr. Ratan Tata, we need more people like you sir."

"Thanks for sharing sir! It is inspiring and made me think about changing habits," read another post.

Great Initiative Sir!!#TwoBinsLifeWins
Urgent need of such initiatives to save well deserved human life.

— Varun Jain (@imvaru24) February 18, 2020

You are inspiration for billions of people love you sir proud to be Indian #IndianArmy

— keval0143 (@MKeval1432) February 18, 2020

Tata group had always been no 1 in supporting society. God bless u sir.

— politically independent (@chandra07442267) February 18, 2020

Beautifully put in to words. If each one of us, takes care of his/her responsibility, all this won't be needed.

Salute to @RNTata2000 Sir for bringing this up in such a beautiful way. You are a true legend Sir. God bless you 

— Bhanu Pratap (@bhanupratap2602) February 18, 2020

We proud of you Sir 

— Shivpawan (@Shivpawan007) February 18, 2020

Sir you are really inspration for every human

— Shubham mallick (@Shubhammallic19) February 18, 2020

Great initiative by Tata Group. As always Tata Group come one step forward to help humanity 

— vishal hosmani (@vishal_hosmani) February 18, 2020

(Inputs from IANS)