Manual Scavengers

Delhi Jal Board continues to enable illegal manual scavenging through private contractors, endangering lives and bypassing legal safeguards meant to protect sanitation workers.

Manual scavengers remain unacknowledged and unprotected, facing life-threatening conditions daily. And in death, their numbers don't even get recorded.

Indian Parliament often sees instances where the government claims data unavailability. This excuse is cited as the main reason for not providing the requested information. Here are 10 issues for which the government didn't provide data.