What the Sanitation Workers Want From the Society

3,195 views · Published 11 August 2017 · 21:30 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: NDTV India · 2017 · News & Politics

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In the second episode of our series in which we hear the voices of people employed as sanitation workers, we find out horrific details of conditions in which they work and the apathy they are subject to both by their employers as well as by the government. Dr Ashish Mittal, a social worker who joins us on the program says that due to constant exposure to toxic fumes and various infectious germs, the life expectancies of even those who don't suffer mishaps are lower than people employed in other professions.  (Audio in Hindi)

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