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Children dive into the filthy and polluted Yamuna (Jumna) river of Delhi, in search of coins thrown in by the devout, as they crossed the river-bridge in their cars... The coin divers of Delhi! Meanwhile, a man bathes by dunking into the river and then lathering and washing himself off. A woman washes her clothes in the already filthy river, by beating them on a stone. For every hundred residents of Delhi, there is one person engaged in recycling. And among them are mostly underage kids. It is really ironical that the worst forms of child labour prevail in Delhi in a very high magnitude. At least half a million children are working in full-time jobs here. Mostly they are trafficked from their native villages. Some accompany their migrant worker parents and they live in slums. Rag-picking h
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