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FROM THE EDITOR
The responses to the October edition of Clean India Journal were much more than what we expected. It only goes to prove that the issues related to the housekeeping sector are far too many, and more action is needed than mere talk. CIJ spoke to a cross section of housekeeping companies and to some client companies to get a better insight into their working relationship. It is not a rosy picture though. Considering that there are nearly 4000 housekeeping companies in India today and also that this sector is growing rapidly, there is an urgent need to work towards a mutually beneficial professional relationship. If the effort yields results, then the questions or statements like --- “Why should I work with a client who does not pay minimum wages?; “The client does not understand what cleaning is?” or “Why are the housekeeping companies charging so much for chemicals?”, will not crop up. There is also this confusion about whose responsibility is the adherence to statutory compliances? Retaining the trained workforce is another area the housekeeping companies are grappling with. To top it all is the Government’s indifference to this service which has tremendous employment potential.
Clean India Journal, the Clean India Shows and Clean India Pulire will continue to bring together diverge players in the cleaning industry and facilitate a healthy growth and better understanding. The seminar sessions during this year’s Clean India Pulire Show have been designed keeping this in mind.
November 19 is the World Toilet Day. A day to spread awareness about the plight of people who do not have access to toilets and of those who have toilets which are not kept clean or disinfected. Either way, lack of sanitation is the world’s biggest cause of infection. While creating more public toilets or offering incentives in rural areas for constructing toilets is the government’s responsibility, creating awareness about the right use of toilets, maintenance and the need to conserve water, falls within the ambit of the cleaning industry. Many companies are either offering services in restroom hygiene or offering products which save water or have the in-built mechanism for disinfection. One neglected area is the school restroom which should have ideally received maximum attention.
So the scope for implementing cleanliness and hygiene practices is large; it is up to the end user to decide on the standards he wants and also how much of external assistance he requires both in terms of technology and tools.
Clean India Pulire is bringing to its visitors most of what is available in the ‘cleaning business’ across the globe.
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