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‘The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a complete flop on the objective of eradication of manual scavenging’

Celebrities posed with brooms to counter the reality that this inhuman work is caste based, says Bezwada Wilson, Convener, Safai Karmachari Andolan.

Smitha Nair
Jul 23, 2022 · 03:30 pm
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