30 years and counting: Meet Odisha’s selfless ‘Swachhta Warrior’

Notably, nobody has appointed Rama for the sanitation job nor she is getting any salary. Every evening when people leave for their homes, Rama steps out of her house.

Rama Khara Cleaning Locality

We all know that ‘work is worship’. And Rama Khara from Kolab nagar in Koraput district has become the epitome of selfless service by tirelessly working to keep the locality clean for the past 30 years. Rama is now 55 years old and there has not been a single day that she has missed her duty to clean up the locality.

Notably, nobody has appointed Rama for the sanitation job nor she is getting any salary. Every evening when people leave for their homes, Rama steps out of her house.