It was a routine day on Tuesday for Swati Gaikwad, a 31-year-old janitor, who went about her job collecting garbage, when she came across a gold mangalsutra in a dustbin. The find did not tempt the honest woman, who informed her husband, and without wasting any more time, they returned it to its owner.

Swati and her husband, Audumbar, 40, stay with their two sons and daughter at Dandekar bridge. The couple which together earns about Rs 16,000 per month, works with a waste management NGO. They collect garbage, segregate it and then take it to the garbage unit. They also do other jobs around a housing society such as sweeping the premises etc.