Unblocking sewers by hand while wading through excrement, a minority occupation in Pakistan | South China Morning Post

In Pakistan, sewage workers have to go deep into the sewers every day to manually clean up the dark, stinking sludge that often blocks pipes. It’s a task that many perform with their hands and all who do it have to brave the foul stench and toxic gas. Many sanitation workers in the country come from minority groups …

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