Dirty and Shameful views were seen on World Environment Day in northern India. Rag pickers collects reusable waste while Cows chew on plastic bags from a heap of garbage at Municipal Council Dumping Yard in Beawar, Rajasthan.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Government of India launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India Campaign in 2014 to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management that failed to achieve its intended targets.
Conditions of poor people in India has become very bad due to COVID-19 lockdown. A rag picker Ganga alleged that the government was not helping the poor people amid Coronavirus pandemic period. Her family is doing this dirty work for food and living life. Cow is called Mother in India. So the plight of the cow is worrying. (Credit: Sumit Saraswat)