When the Sewers Get Blocked: Sanitation Labor in India
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<h3><strong>Swachh Bharat Mission, India's five-year plan to build 90 million toilets and to eliminate manual scavenging, ended last year. Despite the addition of toilets, sewers and storm drains remain unconnected and reliant on dangerous manual labor performed by the local Dalit communities. Dr. Sharada Prasad joins Eaton Workshop on Instagram Live to talk about his work chronicling the lives and work of sanitation laborers across urban India. </strong></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><strong style="background-color: white;">Dr. Sharada Prasad is an assistant professor at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India as well as working as a researcher, sanitation specialist, WASH consultant, and photographer. His research is focused on sanitation access and work in low- and middle-income countries. You can read his photoessays on India's sanitation workers </strong><a href="https://sharadaprasad.com/essays" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><strong>here</strong></a><strong style="background-color: white;">.</strong></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>Tune in </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eaton.dc/" target="_blank" style="color: windowtext;"><strong>here</strong></a></h3>