With conservancy workers braving the COVID-19 threat to continue performing their work, a resident of Palladam in Tiruppur district performed ‘pada puja’ (ritualistic washing of feet) for a conservancy worker on Monday to show her respect. A video of this incident, which went viral on social media platforms, shows the resident washing the feet of M. Vasantha, a conservancy worker with the Palladam Municipality. During the pada puja, Ms. Vasantha said that she was feeling “nervous” as this was the first time that such puja has been performed for her. According to M. Ganesan, Commissioner of Palladam Municipality, 281 conservancy workers are currently employed in the municipality. The 38-year-old Ms. Vasantha has been a conservancy worker for the past 16 years.

Source: The Hindu April 06, 2020 22:48 UTC