TRUE STORY BEHIND SAFAI KARMACHARIS OF DELHI:

I have lived in Delhi for about 50 years and I should know.

Why people of Delhi do not come with the true story? Everyone of them? Why are they putting up with the safai karmachari mafia? Here is the true story. You ask any of the safai karmachari who is protesting so agitatedly before TV cameras when and where did he last clean up a dustbin on the street. He will not have an answer. Because he had probably NEVER cleaned one in his life. Is he a bogus one? No, not at all. He has a valid ID and is drawing a salary from the Corporation Office. If you press more, he will even be identified by the Departmental Inspector who is in charge of the area. But very likely he will not be the person you are looking for because he is most likely not even a dalit who do all the cleanings!

Then who does the cleaning when they are supposed to be working? They are the dalits who are assigned the job and do it. They do not draw any salary from corporation. They get salaries from about 50 to 60 households which they serve daily and give a major portion of it to the official 'safai karmachari', who keeps a major portion for himself as his 'management fee' to ensure those dalits working under him do their job properly and shares the rest with the department inspectors and higher ups. Remember each of these karmacharis has several dalits working under him and makes many more times the salary which also he draws from the corporation.

The whole set up is very disciplined. Just like a successful gang of thieves. Like the famous dubbawalas of Bombay. A very well organized union of workers. Dalits not only get a regular income, they also get food and other stuff  from the households they work for. What more these poor homeless can ask for? In return they do their job and keep reasonable cleanliness. The problem comes only when they are asked by these unofficial karmacharis to go on strike! The official 'karmacharis' are the happiest. They are the real govt  karmacharis because they earn an income and more 'other income' and in return do no work! This has been going on for decades and all officials, local councilors and MLAs, party official whether in opposition or  ruling party, all get their share and keep their mouth shut.

Even the ruling party Councilors and MLAs are no exception. Not only they get their share, they get votes also! Imagine, can any party win if during their rule there are frequent safai karmachari strikes lasting a week several times in a year? That is the reason even the ruling party never comes out forcefully against these agitators.

These 'karmacharis' and other service providers belonging to electricity and water supply departments,  auto drivers who pay handsomely to police and others and violate every rule in the book are the real rulers of Delhi. Privatize every service. You may have to pay a little more but it will be worth it. This is not happening only in Delhi. This is what is happening all over India. Earlier Communists preyed on these people and formed unions. But they became too greedy and lost. It seems to be the turn of BJP and Congress now.