India's Dirty Secret
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The frequent deaths of India’s sewer workers isn’t a governance failure – they are rooted in caste
The philosophy of caste validates the casual subjection of sanitation workers to the hazardous, humiliating task of cleaning sewers and septic tanks.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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A Dalit man agreed to clean a sewer hoping for a permanent job – and was killed by toxic fumes
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Harsh Mander, Vidit Verma & Sonal Sharma
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Why a woman in Udaipur refused to strike a compromise after her husband died cleaning a septic tank
The man who had hired Sukhlal didn’t even visit the dead man’s home to inquire about his family. But he wanted them to withdraw their police complaint.
Harsh Mander, Vidit Verma & Sonal Sharma
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As three Dalits lay dying from toxic fumes in an Agra sewer, no one would even give them water
Baby Valmiki recounts the death of her husband Raju and his two companions in 2012.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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A woman in MP recounts the trauma of watching her husband die in a tank full of faeces
Chinta Bai lost her son to a snakebite and her husband to the inexorable practice of manual scavenging.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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A decade after her husband died cleaning a septic tank, a woman in MP struggles to keep going
The sight of her three-year-old son and her infant daughter reminded Rekha Devi of the reason to live.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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In Agra, fear of eviction stalls the fight for justice for a man who died after cleaning septic tank
Raju died even before his 21st birthday. His father is afraid that the family will lose their home if they file a complaint against those who hired him.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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‘No one came to help’: How a father and teenaged son in Madhya Pradesh died cleaning a septic tank
They hoped to earn some quick money before a family reunion. But they were not given enough time to let poisonous gasses escape before beginning their task.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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Govind decided to clean a septic tank to earn extra money for Holi. He drowned in shit
Though manual scavenging is banned, it hasn’t disappeared. As flush toilets become more popular, the practice has simply taken on a new form.
Harsh Mander, Sonal Sharma & Vidit Verma
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