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Sanitation Workers Mistreatment Reflects Societal Stigmas

Mistreatment of Sanitation Workers Reflects Societal Stigmas

By Feenzu Sherpa Sanitation workers are an equally important part of a city’s infrastructure as frontline workers but are rarely recognized for contributing to development and the betterment of society. In the Kathmandu Valley, more than a thousand sanitation workers are deployed for garbage disposal, sewage management, and the upkeep of public toilets, but they […]

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Understanding the impact and importance of improved public toilets

In 2019, a survey by AEROSAN Sustainable Sanitation, revealed that the Kathmandu Valley, had only 58 public toilets. This statistic meant that each public toilet had to serve more than 68 thousand users (out of 4 million population), far below the standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Fast forward to 2024, toilets have

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public toilets in kathmandu

Mistreatment of Sanitation Workers Reflects Societal Stigmas

Understanding the impact and importance of improved public toilets

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