WASH Projects

Urban

Guwahati

Assam

Key Stats

2
Projects
1,497
Sanitation workers
19%
Women workers

Projects 2

Sanitation Worker

PPE requirement

Sanitation workers safety, Guwahati

The initiative focuses on improving sanitation workers' occupational safety, working conditions, livelihoods, and access to social protection. Key interventions include providing personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, training workers in their proper use, and raising awareness of occupational hazards and safe working practices. It also promotes access to essential workplace amenities, including toilets, drinking water, and secure spaces for personal belongings. Additionally, the project supports workers in accessing government welfare schemes, insurance, provident fund (EPF), sick leave benefits, and initiatives such as the NAMASTE Scheme.

Workers who use PPE21%
Livelihoods and welfare

Sanitation workers livelihoods and welfare, Guwahati

The initiative focuses on improving sanitation workers' occupational safety, working conditions, livelihoods, and access to social protection. Key interventions include providing personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, training workers in their proper use, and raising awareness of occupational hazards and safe working practices. It also promotes access to essential workplace amenities, including toilets, drinking water, and secure spaces for personal belongings. Additionally, the project supports workers in accessing government welfare schemes, insurance, provident fund (EPF), sick leave benefits, and initiatives such as the NAMASTE Scheme.

Basic data

Workers by gender 1,497 in all
  • Male 1,219
  • Female 278
Workers by modality of engagement 1,497 in all
  • Permanent 219
  • Daily Wager Informal 116
  • Contractual 25
  • Others 1
  • Not recorded 1,136
Workers by social background 1,497 in all
  • General 521
  • SC 515
  • OBC 231
  • Minority 132
  • ST 96
  • Others 2