IndiaNewsWatchManual scavenging: The unending pain of India's sewer workers
Manual scavenging is banned in India but the practice is still commonplace, with people forced into it because of rigid caste rules and the lack of other livelihood options. Successive federal governments, including the current one, have missed several deadlines to declare India free of manual scavenging, most recently in August this year.
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