"One afternoon, all the sanitation workers decided - that's enough".

Sanitation workers in Nanded, a growing town in Maharashtra state, India, face significant challenges in their work - inadequate infrastructure and facilities, social stigma, political invisibility, and more. In this animation from SOPPECOM (partners on the IDS-led Towards Brown Gold project), the challenges that sanitation workers face are laid bare.

Watch the full animation on YouTube , or below.

This video was produced as part of the Towards Brown Gold project, led by IDS. Find out more.