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Thousands of Dalits still work as manual scavengers – unclogging sewers, emptying septic tanks. They work with no protective gear, no holidays, irregular wages, & the threat of death. Here's a thread of stories about citizens stained by the stigma of 'safai' #HumanRightsDay
"If our people die, it makes no difference to anybody in this world. This is because our caste is written on our forehead. As long as manual scavenging and our caste are interlinked, we will not be released from this hell."
ruralindiaonline.org/articles/swach…
ruralindiaonline.org/articles/swach…
In November 2016, Chandan Daloi died while cleaning a septic tank at a Delhi mall. ‘Why is only our caste employed for cleaning the sewers, and why are people still dying inside them’, asks his wife, Putul.
ruralindiaonline.org/articles/no-li…
ruralindiaonline.org/articles/no-li…
