We call on VIT Vellore to provide cleaning akkas and annas with tea or coffee at snacks time, as a basic allowance for the work they do every day.

VIT Vellore is one of India’s famous tech colleges, and many of us are proud of how clean the hostels, washrooms, and campus are. That cleanliness does not happen by itself. It is maintained by cleaning staff who give long hours of steady work to keep the college running well and looking its best.

Right now, it is not right that the people behind this care and cleanliness do not receive something as simple as tea or coffee as a basic allowance. No one who gives so much of their day to a workplace should have to secretly ask students for a cup of tea. If they are found out, they are scolded, and that only adds shame to an already unfair situation. 

Those who work eight hours a day, no matter their rank or role, deserve simple facilities that help them do their work with dignity. Tea or coffee at snacks time is not a luxury. It is a small, fair, and human gesture of support.

We ask VIT Vellore to recognize the people who keep the campus so clean and to provide cleaning akkas and annas with tea or coffee as a proper allowance. This is a modest demand, but it says something important: that every worker matters, and that dignity should be part of the workplace for everyone.