Labourers who were working tirelessly to make Commonwealth Games (CWG) a success have turned out to be the most unimportant people now. The Delhi Police is asking these migrant labourers and daily- wagers to leave the Capital by Monday in order to clean the city for CWG. They have been instructed not to return before the games are over. They live in filthy and unhygienic areas around the streets, flyovers and metro stations.
This is so unfair. How can the government treat them like this? They are the citizens of our country just like you and me. So, why can’t they stay in Delhi? Because they belong to the poorest strata and are never considered equals? Or will they represent a sorry state of our country? Even if they do, is it not the reality? So, why is our country trying to portray an image which is not real?
India is like this where it has poor people living in slums, who work for hours to earn their livelihood and even then they are unable to send their children to school. They live in the dirtiest corners of our cities, as the most neglected section of our society.
The rich have not been asked to change their homes, lifestyle or jobs then why the poor?
They are an integral part of India. The Government does nothing to improve their living conditions or provide them with basic amenities but at least it can treat them with dignity and respect. It can let them live life the ways they want to and help them survive in a world which does not accept them.
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