The Cleaner

Cleaning on the third platform of the Chittagong railway station

Leftover food, plastic bottles, packets, paper boxes — and human excreta.
remains of a train that has ended its journey. I'm cleaning everything without any special dress. Mr Kamal (pseudonym) said.

Our hands get infected all the time and recurring fevers are a part of life but there is nothing you can do; the job has to be done,” he said. Being exposed to germs and infections has meant that most of the sweepers suffer from bouts of jaundice. “It would be nice if we could be provided with face masks" But, it does not give us.