Islamabad, March 11 – Sanitation workers in Pakistan face immense hardship due to deeply entrenched caste hierarchies, discriminatory hiring practices, a lack of legal protections, institutional neglect, social stigma, gender-based exploitation, and economic injustice. Their suffering is deeply...
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Kolkata, March 5 – A manual scavenger died on Thursday while cleaning a manhole in Ward No. 12 of the Serampore Municipality in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Two other workers also fell sick while working inside the same manhole.Following information that three workers had fallen ill...