The Lower Tank Bund Road which was closed in a bid to avoid traffic congestion for over two months has now turned into a deserted lane, being used to sort out garbage and park vehicles.
With not much of a vehicular frequency, thanks to the diversion and road closure, multiple swachh autos that visit the lower Tank Bund’s Secondary Collection and Transportation Point (SCTP) are now freely using the section to segregate the garbage.
We do not earn much by collecting garbage from door-to-door and transporting it. To earn extra cash, we separate cardboard and tins from the garbage which we can sell. But we have to do that on the road,” explains a sanitation worker.