A civic worker in Mumbai was killed after being run over by a car while cleaning a manhole in Kandivli. In an incident that should trigger outrage and shame, this worker fought for his life in a hospital for more than 10 days but succumbed to his injuries.

We should be ashamed, as employing a person for manual scavenging is a punishable offence, yet several instances are still reported nationwide. We have reports about workers dying from manual scavenging.