A study of 360 safai karamcharis employed with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai suggests that policies aimed at uplifting conservancy work may actually be institutionalising caste-based occupations. This article describes the situation that keeps generations of safai karamcharis in this occupation, and recommends practical solutions to break the vicious cycle. - See more at: http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/13/perspectives/safai-karamcharis-aviciou... [2]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/safai-karamcharis-vicious-cycle-study-perspective-caste
[2] http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/13/perspectives/safai-karamcharis-avicious-cycle.html#sthash.rk8Ew74L.dpuf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pradeep-salve
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dhananjay-w-bansod
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/hemangi-kadlak
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-sanitation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/occupational-health
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/scheduled-castes
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporations
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
