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Netizens recently raised concerns after the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) posted images of sanitation workers manually desilting narrow drains. The images, from last week, were uploaded on X (formerly Twitter), showed workers handling sludge with bare hands, which didn't go well with the online audience.

The post by CMC was intended as a routine update on drain-cleaning operations, social media users alleged potential violations of Indian labour and human rights laws.

Manual Desilting by our Sanitation staffs for narrow drains. pic.twitter.com/3S5ava6Tec

The episode has drawn attention to the violation of the Prohibition...