Three Dalit manual scavenger workers died after inhaling poisonous gas while trying to clean a septic tank in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district.

Just another day in the 4th largest economy in the world. We’re so proud.

  • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    4 days ago

    Seventy-seven percent of manual scavengers are from Scheduled Caste communities.

    Wow I’m saddened. No protective gear, no gas mask.

  • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de
    142·
    4 days ago

    A technical correction, India is the 5th largest economy measured by GDP as of now. IIRC US, China, Japan and Germany are ahead. Whilst India will overtake the latter 2 soon and become 3rd largest in a matter of time, it will likely stagnate at that position for a long time since China and US are way ahead.

    Edit : As OP pointed out correctly, India overtook Japan last day, so it’s indeed 4 th largest.

      • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de
        8·
        4 days ago

        Ooh, my bad. Indeed it did overtake it. Reminds me of the UK overtake where it was a close race for some time (first India went ahead, then UK again raced ahead before India fleecing ahead finally for good).

    • shawn1122@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      4 days ago

      Japan is highly dependent on imports as it is mainly a service economy and is now struggling due to tariffs and other supply chain issues which are driving inflation and hindering growth. Japan has an aging population resulting in the highest debt to GDP ratio in the G7. India overtook Japan in GDP this past weekend.

      India will overtake Germany by 2028 according to current IMF data.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    91·
    4 days ago

    I’m sorry but why the ##### would you do this?

            • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
              9·
              4 days ago

              Yes, decades of systemic subjugation and poverty. When survival is at stakes, people tend to do the extreme stuff, too

              And for the system, it’s probably cheaper to just let it happen instead of trying to lift these poor people up

                • destructdisc@lemmy.worldOP
                  1·
                  8 hours ago

                  The (upper-caste) people in charge are often itching to acquaint people from the lower strata with the business end of a noose at the drop of a hat, so that tends to hamper efforts towards a workers’ union – but even so, there are some pretty significant efforts here and there

                • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  3 days ago

                  If it’s anything like I see in America, people who aren’t willing to be taken advantage of are seen as weak and not knowing their place.