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Unblocking India's sewers... by hand - BBC Newsnight
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October 11, 2018
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7:16Now PlayingMembers of the Dalit caste the 'untouchables' are dying because of this dangerous work. Subscribe to our channel here
Manual scavenging is the process of clearing human excrement by hand.
Despite being banned in India for 25 years, 600,000 people continue to do this.
And one person dies every five days because of it.
James Clayton reports.
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