The contract of the said de-silting work had been awarded to Mona Enterprises. Pimenta also said there was neither a supervisor nor a concerned civic staff present to oversee the work of cleaning. This women labourers who were engaged in cleaning the nullahs said they are suffering just to keep the city floating. “It is only when we work, the city and its people are safe. So even if it means cleaning the dirt with bare hands, we are ready to do it for the city,” said a woman worker from the conservancy department. The activists demand better working conditions for labourers. “They work for us and the BMC gobbles up the credit. The least they can offer is proper equipments for their health safety,” said Nicholas Almeida, another trustee of the NGO.