Swach

Working out of the Kothrud Kachra Depot on Paud Road isn’t the most glamorous job in the world, but it’s what we do here at Swach. It’s a busy place, always something happening with the trucks coming in and out. If you know Kothrud, you definitely know where the depot is. It’s a bit of a local landmark, though maybe not for the reasons most people would want. We spend a lot of time on the ground here. The air is always heavy with the smell of what’s being moved around, but you stop noticing it after the first twenty minutes of your shift. It’s a big operation, keeping this part of Pune clean, and we’re right at the heart of it. We don’t have a fancy lobby or anything like that. Our office is more of a practical space where we coordinate the routes and make sure the staff knows where they’re heading. Paud Road is usually jammed with traffic, so just getting things in and out can be a bit of a headache some days. But we’ve got a system that works. Most of the people working here are locals who care about the neighborhood. It’s a lot of physical labor and long hours, especially when the weather isn’t helping. We just get on with it because the work needs doing. It’s messy, it’s loud, and it’s constant, but that’s just life at the depot.