Drain cleaning in Delhi - India still cleans drains the illegal degrading way with manual scavenging

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Out in the open this degrading illegal activity occurs on New Delhi's streets, with no one to stop it or enforce the ban. Cops will challan errant vehicle drivers and those not wearing masks INSIDE their cars, but these manual scavengers will not be provided their due dignity, as enforcing the law does not enrich the enforcers! Drain cleaning of hospital waste and sewage, as well as bio-chemical and nuclear medical waste run-off, near Safdarjung Hospital. India still cleans drains the illegal degrading way with manual scavenging. Such is the quality of life for these poor hard-working labourers that the only break that they get from their drain-cleaning manual scavenging work is for a short and brief cup of tea which also they must drink while down in a drain. They do not even have the lib