PUNE: When the lockdown was imposed, Deepa Parab (46), founder of Ranragini, an organisation which provides women bouncer services in Pune, knew that times ahead would be difficult.
There was no work for the first couple of days, but she soon hit upon an idea. Sanitisation and fumigation services were picking up, but there weren’t many ready to work in areas where the number of Covid-19 positive cases were high.
“So, I walked to the ward office and offered to provide sanitisation and fumigation services. I told them that I had bought fumigation equipment with my own money and all I needed was the liquid used for sanitisation, which the Pune Municipal Corporation, provided,” said Parab who started Ranragini, a female bouncer service in 2016, to help underprivileged women earn a living.
For over three months, she has been fumigating offices, societies and even houses of Covid-19 patients. Soon, she learnt how to mix the solution for santisation and has been carrying a 16-litre can on her back, disinfecting multi-storied buildings.
She said that she took up the work not to earn any pecuniary benefit and declined to accept any money for her services during the period of lockdown. “I always wanted to join the police force but could not due to personal reasons.As a bouncer, I protected people. Even now, by disinfecting their homes and surroundings, I am protecting people,” she said.
She had been collecting groceries from people in lieu of her services and distributing them among five women at Ranragini. “Since July 1, I have started charging money, but that too from big societies. If it is a government area or a slum area where someone has tested positive, I do not charge anything ,” she added.
There was no work for the first couple of days, but she soon hit upon an idea. Sanitisation and fumigation services were picking up, but there weren’t many ready to work in areas where the number of Covid-19 positive cases were high.
“So, I walked to the ward office and offered to provide sanitisation and fumigation services. I told them that I had bought fumigation equipment with my own money and all I needed was the liquid used for sanitisation, which the Pune Municipal Corporation, provided,” said Parab who started Ranragini, a female bouncer service in 2016, to help underprivileged women earn a living.
For over three months, she has been fumigating offices, societies and even houses of Covid-19 patients. Soon, she learnt how to mix the solution for santisation and has been carrying a 16-litre can on her back, disinfecting multi-storied buildings.
She said that she took up the work not to earn any pecuniary benefit and declined to accept any money for her services during the period of lockdown. “I always wanted to join the police force but could not due to personal reasons.As a bouncer, I protected people. Even now, by disinfecting their homes and surroundings, I am protecting people,” she said.
She had been collecting groceries from people in lieu of her services and distributing them among five women at Ranragini. “Since July 1, I have started charging money, but that too from big societies. If it is a government area or a slum area where someone has tested positive, I do not charge anything ,” she added.
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