92% of workers cleaning urban sewers, septic tanks are from SC, ST, OBC groups

Almost 69% of the 38,000 workers profiled are from SC communities; almost 15% are OBCs, with 8% each in ST and general categories; Centre estimates about one lakh SSWs in 4,800 urban local bodies

​Almost 69% of the 38,000 workers profiled are from SC communities; almost 15% are OBCs, with 8% each in ST and general categories; Centre estimates about one lakh SSWs in 4,800 urban local bodies