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Sher Singh has been unable to work since he lost consciousness in 2019 when he climbed into a sewer. Ever since, he has been breathless and can only walk for a short time due to a lung disease he caught trying to clear a blockage in a septic tank, where solid waste from toilets collects. He is one of the many contractors tasked with climbing into stinking, toxic pits and chambers crawling with bugs, snakes, poisonous fumes and other unknown hazards. Indian sanitation workers are now protesting against the dangerous work. Read about the #StopKillingUs campaign and those it seeks to save in one …

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