TNM reporters went on the ground in five south Indian cities to explore whether the adoption of technology has changed the status of manual scavengers. Here’s what we found 🧵
Nizamabad has bought just two jetting machines, writes @Bala__G.
Since 2013, the family of only one manual scavenging worker who died received compensation - and even that was given 12 years after the victim’s death. thenewsminute.com/article/what-s…
In Kerala, four years ago, CM Pinarayi Vijayan officially inaugurated Bandicoot, a sewer-cleaning robot to clean manholes and sewage lines and phase out manual scavenging. Kozhikode is yet to invest in the technology.