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Karnataka sanitation worker drives Fortuner to sweep streets
Sheshappa Navoor, a sanitation worker in Dakshina Kannada district, has been drawing attention for arriving at his street-sweeping job in a Toyota Fortuner. He parks the SUV near the BC Road police…
Sheshappa Navoor, a sanitation worker in Dakshina Kannada district, has been drawing attention for arriving at his street-sweeping job in a Toyota Fortuner. He parks the SUV near the BC Road police station each morning around 5 am, picks up a broom, and cleans the market area before returning home in the same vehicle at noon.
Navoor started working for Rs 50 a day three decades ago and gradually built financial stability through multiple jobs, including agriculture and dairy farming. A car enthusiast, he progressed from a bicycle to a Maruti 800, and later owned an Omni, Ritz, Alto, and Scorpio before recently buying a second-hand Fortuner worth about Rs 35 lakh.
Despite his improved finances, Navoor continues his sanitation duties without hesitation. He believes no work is small and every profession deserves dignity. Residents appreciate his humility, and his daily routine has become an example of hard work and the dignity of labour.
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Navoor's story highlights how supplementary income from agriculture and dairy farming can lift a low-paid municipal worker into the ranks of SUV owners, an unusual trajectory in a state where sanitation workers often remain trapped in poverty. The key number to watch is the Rs 35 lakh second-hand Fortuner, that sum equals roughly 10 years of a typical sanitation worker's salary in Karnataka, underscoring the scale of Navoor's side ventures. What matters next is whether his example prompts any official recognition or policy discussion on improving wages and dignity for the lakhs of sanitation workers across India who do not have access to such parallel incomes.
Source: siasat.com
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