How Bandicoot in India is Changing Lives - BORGEN
There is a lot of debate and uncertainty about robots taking away jobs but in India; however, there is one robot that people are gladly handing work over to. Manual sewer cleaning, called manual scavenging, has been a practice outlawed in India since 1993. Unfortunately, the practice is still widespread in the country due to a lack of viable alternatives. However, the introduction of Bandicoot in India may forever change the lives of the people who have been tasked with this dangerous work.
- There is a lot of debate and uncertainty about robots taking away jobs but in India; however, there is one robot that people are gladly handing work over to.
- Manual sewer cleaning, called manual scavenging, has been a practice outlawed in India since 1993.
- However, the introduction of Bandicoot in India may forever change the lives of the people who have been tasked with this dangerous work.
- This unsanitary and hazardous work is almost exclusively carried out by the lowest members of India's ancient caste system.