The Internet divided the ‘Made-in-India’ on the manhole cover in Seattle: ‘Everywhere you look …’
A photo of a made-in-India manhole cover in Seattle, internet users scratched their heads whether this is also a cost factor, and that is why American cities get manhole cover from India.“Why do Seattle city get their manhole cover from India?” A user focused a lot of focus on India, claiming that their jobs are being eaten by H -1B workers.“The worldwide raw iron comes from India. It has been for decades,” one responded to the viral post. “My condition is a lack of environmental standards, as a lot of iron ore requires tons of coal to melt it. Although America can still do so, it is likely that it does much less,” another wrote.“Particularly strange because there are two vendors in Washington who can see that they can complete the order,” one posted. One person wrote, “The whole country does for most parts. At least Dame runs the dome major metros.” “Everyone does. All the steel forging and casting for these covers is now in India. Damn it is a shame,” another said.One user said, “Everywhere you see, we have been hollowed out by foreigners and our own government. It will take time, but it should be undone.” “Its where they get their computer scientists …. so yes,” read a post. A 2007 report by the New York Times highlighted this decades-exercise to receive an Indian-made manhole cover for American cities, as they are 20 to 60 percent of the cheap compared to American manufacturers. The report states that some state laws in the US need to buy the lowest priced products available to the city governments that fit the specialties and refuse the city, leaving India, even if they refuse India.A 2014 documentary by Natasha Rehaja settled the subject – the life of the men behind the manhole cover in New York City.
