Pragya Akhilesh
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| Nationality | Indian |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
Pragya Akhilesh is an Indian investigative journalist and a notable trade unionist.[1] She is also the national secretary of Bhim Safai Karmachari Trade Union.[2][3] For her work on sanitation workers she is known as one of the most prolific sanitation crusaders of India.[4]She writes for the Indian Express, Outlook, Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times, The Wire, DownToEarth.[5][6]She has pointed out many irregularities with the SBM by pointing out that the government has been only focusing on infrastructure development rather than focusing on the rights of manual scavengers in India.[7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "Lack of water supply makes sanitation workers manually scavenge Indian toilets – The Leaflet". theleaflet.in. March 22, 2021.
- ↑ "161 die cleaning sewers in three years: How is this different from manual scavenging?". Firstpost. April 7, 2022.
- ↑ "Pragya Akhilesh". Newslaundry.
- ↑ "Unmaintained Toilets 'hotbeds' of Corona spread in India: Pragya Akhilesh". SabrangIndia. June 29, 2021.
- ↑ "'They Call Me 'Toilet Woman' to Limit My Work to a Critique of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'". The Wire.
- ↑ "Vaccination of manual scavengers must be prioritised". February 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Shackles of manual scavenging still weigh heavy in free India". Deccan Herald. August 13, 2022.
- ↑ "11.03 cr Toilets and 3.59 Lakh Solar Pumps Built in India: Centre". NewsClick. April 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Why are so many sanitation worker deaths uncounted?". August 13, 2021.
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