Children of a lesser god

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08 Feb 2013, 9:57 am

<p>The workers are paid a meagre Rs 156 for 24 hours of work <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Meeta Ahlawat</p><br />

The workers are paid a meagre Rs 156 for 24 hours of work

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

<p>Children of the safai karamcharis use water from a supply line for their household chores <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Avikal Somvanshi</p><br />

Children of the safai karamcharis use water from a supply line for their household chores

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

<p>Most of the sanitation workers are recruited through agents and have no fixed contract <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Meeta Ahlawat</p><br />

Most of the sanitation workers are recruited through agents and have no fixed contract

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

<p>Manual scavenging is prohibited under law, yet the Uttar Pradesh government has built 28,000 dry latrines in the Kumbh area <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Meeta Ahlawat</p><br />

Manual scavenging is prohibited under law, yet the Uttar Pradesh government has built 28,000 dry latrines in the Kumbh area

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

<p>The workers live on the fringe of the mela area and have no sanitation facilities for themselves <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Meeta Ahlawat</p><br />

The workers live on the fringe of the mela area and have no sanitation facilities for themselves

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

<p>The authorities have hired 5,000 people to keep these toilets clean and are set to hire 5,000 more <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Meeta Ahlawat</p><br />

The authorities have hired 5,000 people to keep these toilets clean and are set to hire 5,000 more

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

<p>Sanitation workers wash up after cleaning the toilets <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Avikal Somvanshi</p><br />

Sanitation workers wash up after cleaning the toilets

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

<p>Most of these safai karamcharis are manual scavengers from Banda district <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Meeta Ahlawat</p><br />

Most of these safai karamcharis are manual scavengers from Banda district

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

<p>They live in slum settlements like these <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong><a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/can-faith-heal#scavenging'>Scavenging still a reality </a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by: </strong>Avikal Somvanshi</p><br />

They live in slum settlements like these

Read also:Scavenging still a reality

Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

Manual Scavenging

Sanitation Workers

Kumbh

Children of a lesser god