Watch: Chennai sanitation workers protest privatisation, demand permanent jobs

For decades, Chennai’s conservancy workers have kept the city clean, often without recognition or job security. Now, facing job losses due to a sweeping privatisation move by the Greater Chennai Corporation, nearly 2,000 workers are rising in protest, demanding permanency. As garbage piles up and political pressure mounts, the city is at a crossroads in its battle over dignity, livelihood, and public sanitation.

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