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A Lens to Understand Sanitation Workers and their Health Status in India
It is estimated that there is around 5 million in India are employed as sanitation workers. Among them two millions are working under “high risk” conditions. Despite of rapid growth in urbanisation and technology the working condition of these sanitation workers have remain unchanged since independence. Another inevitable concern needs to be understood while we study about sanitation workers is that it is also deeply rooted in Indian Caste system which assigns duties of sweeping, cleaning toilets, Manual scavenging to individuals from lowest sub castes of Dalit community. Read more...