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Published: Friday 08 February 2013
The workers are paid a meagre Rs 156 for 24 hours of work  Read also:Scavenging still a reality  Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

The workers are paid a meagre Rs 156 for 24 hours of work Read also:Scavenging still a reality Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

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

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

Most of the sanitation workers are recruited through agents and have no fixed contract  Read also:Scavenging still a reality  Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

Most of the sanitation workers are recruited through agents and have no fixed contract Read also:Scavenging still a reality Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sanitation workers wash up after cleaning the toilets Read also:Scavenging still a reality  Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

Sanitation workers wash up after cleaning the toilets Read also:Scavenging still a reality Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

Most of these safai karamcharis are manual scavengers from Banda district  Read also:Scavenging still a reality  Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

Most of these safai karamcharis are manual scavengers from Banda district Read also:Scavenging still a reality Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat

They live in slum settlements like these   Read also:Scavenging still a reality  Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

They live in slum settlements like these Read also:Scavenging still a reality Photographs by: Avikal Somvanshi

Manual Scavenging Kumbh Sanitation Workers Children of a lesser god
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