Not so long ago, KMC had distributed raincoats during winter. Moreover, the quality of the products was so inferior that finally when the monsoons arrived, the raincoats were not fit for use anymore.

This time, stocks of sweaters and pullovers are lying in the civic body’s “Liveries Cell”—¿ located in the basement of the Hudco building near the KMC headquarter— ¿ waiting to be dispatched. Moreover, stocks of shoes, gumboots, umbrellas, raincoats and belts are also ready for dispatch. KMC’s reason behind this untimely delivery: delay on part of the suppliers.

The bounty may have been untimely but that did not deter the employees of KMC’s solid waste management, drainage and asphalt departments from making a beeline to collect these garments.

Sayeed Maullah Baksh and Gobindo Chandra from the Goragacha Asphaltum Plant were the first ones to collect an assignment of cardigans for their fellow workers. When asked what will the workers do with winter clothes during summer, a worker said: “We will not be able to use the sweaters right now. But we are also not very sure if we will receive them in future. Hence, it is better to collect the garments now instead of waiting for the winter.”