Green Friends workload rocketed ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation. Beyond exercising regular duties like waste collection, processing and sensitizing communities on MSWM, Green Friends have been assisting in various government initiatives to tackle the pandemic. Be it collecting waste at quarantined households, spraying disinfectants across towns and cities, sensitizing communities on the pandemic and other precautionary measures undertaken by local governments, they remain committed and focused amidst all visible conundrums that get unfolded every minute.

None other than the burial of the deceased due to COVID-19 complications can highlight their clarity of work. In Karaikal and Rameswaram, Green Friends continue to assist the local government in transporting and burying of the corpses as per safety protocols, 31 cases to date, to be precise. Such selfless, brave souls need to be acknowledged and empathized, for we could not even imagine what they actually endure being the frontline warriors who protect us…