Delhi Elections: Who Will Listen to the Safai Karamcharis?

The AAP has supplied 200 machines for cleaning staff and the BJP and Congress have also pitched to them, their worries finding a place in the manifestos of all three political parties.

The issue of deaths of manual scavengers and their livelihoods could prove to be crucial for the Delhi elections on February 8. The AAP has supplied 200 machines for cleaning staff and the BJP and Congress have also pitched to them, their worries finding a place in the manifestos of all three political parties. However, what is the reality of workers who put their bodies on the line, daily? NewsClick visited Tilak Nagar to understand their issues, hopes and fears.