A form of manual scavenging practiced by Ludhiana municipality

Bhan Sahu is speaking to Kishan Kumar from Ludhiana who says a form of manual scavenging is being used by Ludhiana municipality which uses people from Valmiki community to clean the sevages manually. 2 people have died in the process recently. This practice need to be challenged when manual scavenging is banned by the law

Posted on: Feb 23, 2011. Tags: Bhan Sahu

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