‘Bhim Yatra’, a 125-day-long bus journey covering more than 35,000 km across 500 districts in the country’s 29 states was launched on International Human Rights Day to commemorate B R Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary, culminated in Delhi at Ambedkar Bhavan. The yatris are family members of workers killed by hazardous fumes while they were inside manholes and sewage lines. They demanded complete modernisation and mechanisation of the sanitation system in India. Through the Bhim Yatra, they hoped to send a message to the government of India and people at large of this country about how this inhuman practice that destroys their lives, needs to end.