Workers clean a sewer manually during Unlock 4, in New Delhi. The government plans to make the law banning manual scavenging more stringent by introducing a bill (Prohibition of Em...
Sonit (22), a migrant worker from West Bengal, takes a bath after cleaning a manhole, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ghaziabad. Sonit is working for the past 4 years in t...
Part-time worker Anil (28) cleans a manhole, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ghaziabad. He earlier worked in the courier service and has two children. Now, he works choice...
Phoolu (45), a full-time worker shows his hands after cleaning a manhole, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ghaziabad. Phoolu has a daughter and has been working since he wa...
NDRF personnel and other rescue officials at work after two sanitation workers reportedly died while cleaning a sewage line at Pandeypur locality in Varanasi.
People raise placards during a protest against the violation of Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act 2013, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Family members of manual scavengers hold photos as they mourn their death, during a protest against the violation of Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act 2013, at Jantar Mantar in New...
People raise placards during a protest against the violation of Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act 2013, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
CPI (M) Politburo member Brinda Karat during a protest at Jantar Mantar calling for end to deaths due to sewer cleaning in New Delhi.
Bezwada Wilson of the Sanitation Workers Movement group, addresses a protest gathering at Jantar Mantar calling for end to deaths due to sewer cleaning in New Delhi.
A placard seen during a protest against the violation of Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act 2013, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
All India Fair Price Shop Dealers’ Federation members protest for completio of various demands, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
A worker submerged in a manhole
Bezwada Wilson
Laboures work to open a clogged sewers after heavy rains in Lucknow.
Manual scavengers cleans a sewer in Delhi.
Manual scavengers cleans a sewer in Delhi.
A manual scavenger cleans a sewer in Delhi.
A manual scavenger cleans a sewer in Delhi.
A manual scavenger cleans a sewer in Delhi.
