When it comes to India, perhaps everyone's first impression is magic, whether it is hoarding cow dung as a material, or drinking the water of the Ganges Directly, they have to be praised as a "magical" country.
Of course, in addition to these, India is also accompanied by dirty, chaotic, poor and other characteristics, therefore, many people will avoid India when traveling, however, there will be people who choose to come here because India has a special cultural custom.
In Mumbai, India, you may be able to see such a scene. In a modest courtyard, thousands of Indians were huddled scrubbing their clothes, while clothes were being dried everywhere. So, who are they? Why is there so much laundry to wash here?
In fact, this is the largest laundry factory in Mumbai, and the reason why there are so many Indians is because the clothes here are all washed by hand.
The origin of the laundry factory
Mumbai's largest laundry factory, which has a history of more than 160 years, has always been engaged in the laundry industry. Nowadays, the laundry factory has 4500 laundry workers, more than 800 pools, and the number of clothes that can be washed every day has reached hundreds of thousands, it can be said that not only in India, but even in the whole world, it may not be possible to find a second, such a large-scale artificial laundry, so the local Indians are also proud of it.
The location of the laundry factory is near the Mumbai railway station, which is only separated from Mumbai's most prosperous area by a wall, behind which is a noisy modern metropolis, and thousands of laundry workers here need to do non-stop laundry to earn the cost of barely being able to maintain their lives, perhaps even if they wash clothes for a lifetime, they can't buy a house behind them.
From the very beginning, the laundry factory was to solve the problem of washing clothes in the city of Mumbai. Due to the perennial shortage of water in Mumbai, the summer is more serious, many residents do not have enough water to wash their clothes, which is fine for most ordinary people, but places like hotels, hospitals, hostels and other places have become a big problem. Because they have to change a lot of sheets and clothes every day, if they can't be washed in time, it will bring a lot of trouble.
In order to solve this problem, India has thought of a relatively good way, that is, to establish a large laundry factory, all the clothes that need to be washed, bed sheets, etc., gathered together, washed together. This will not only save water and solve the problem of laundry difficulties, but also bring a large number of jobs, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
As a result, the largest laundry plant in Mumbai was established. Although there are thousands of laundry workers, each of them has to work at least 15 hours or more, and they can't rest halfway, many people become white due to their hands soaking in water for a long time, but in order to be able to support their families, they still dare not leave easily. Moreover, most of the workers here live in the slums of India.
Efficiency of the laundry plant
As society enters the era of electrification, the emergence of washing machines has largely replaced people's hands, and many areas have no longer used their hands to wash clothes, while Mumbai, an artificial laundry factory, is still bustling.
On the one hand, many Indian families can not afford to buy a washing machine, and on the other hand, it is due to the problem of water shortage, and the Mumbai laundry factory is cheaper than buying a washing machine, and even when the cleaning is finished, there are special laundry workers sent to the home, the service is good. Therefore, the emergence of washing machines has little impact on this laundry factory that has existed for more than a hundred years.
Perhaps many people think that the clothes washed in this way are not clean enough, in fact, every piece of clothing here needs to be soaked, washed, and washed, etc., the process is clear and clear, for the more difficult to wash clothes and sheets, a lot of detergent will be used, so even if the original dirty clothes, it can be cleaned very clean. In addition, the clothes sent will be marked first, so when sending clothes back, there are few mistakes.
The division of labor in the laundry factory is clear, and most of the people responsible for cleaning are men, because this is a manual work, and a large number of clothes and sheets need to be washed every day, so there is not enough strength. Girls, on the other hand, are responsible for sorting, ironing, and returning clothes and sheets.
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