India, July 18 -- On the eve of a whirlwind change to Mumbai's waste collection and transportation system, threatening to wipe away jobs of thousands of motor loaders-those who tip your garbage into compactors-in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC's) sanitation workers staged an uproar at Azad Maidan on Thursday.

Over 1,000 workers descended upon the historic ground from 2pm after their morning shifts, anxious over potentially losing their jobs to privatisation. Two months after the BMC first floated a proposal to rope in private contractors to carry out waste collection and transportation, Friday is the last day for bids to pour in from companies vying to take over the entire process-from supplying garbage compactor...