Key Highlights
- Mukesh Mandal previously worked in the software sector, including at Microsoft.
- He now cleans streets in St. Petersburg, Russia, earning nearly ₹1 lakh monthly.
- Mandal is one of 17 Indians recruited due to a labor shortage in municipal maintenance.
- His employer, Kolomyazhskoye, provides food, accommodation, and transport.
- The job shift reflects a growing trend of skilled workers taking up manual labor abroad.
