People of other communities must change their attitude towards Dalits, plain-land ethnic minorities, transgender persons, tea garden workers and other backward communities in the country
Speakers at a roundtable said a large number of tea garden workers are left out of social protection programmes despite various government initiatives. Children in the tea-garden community remain vulnerable across many indicators and only 12 per cent of pregnant workers receive benefits from the government social protection programme for pregnant and lactating mothers
The people must be made aware and involved in sewerage management. Political will is also required along with an institutional restructuring of the concerned government agencies