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You are sensationalising the matter. I agree it is wrong to check the sanitary pads and click photos. But menstruation is a normal physiological process that affects 50% of humans. There is no provision in India to take leave or break due to that. Also bringing the dalit angle in everything is absurd. In any job you have fixed hours to work and take breaks only at the hours already agreed, like lunch break.
This applies to all ladies working in offices, so why not to sanitary workers. It seems there was no proper cleaning being done for some time therefore the need for a massive drive when the governer was visiting.
You are sensationalising the matter. I agree it is wrong to check the sanitary pads and click photos. But menstruation is a normal physiological process that affects 50% of humans. There is no provision in India to take leave or break due to that. Also bringing the dalit angle in everything is absurd. In any job you have fixed hours to work and take breaks only at the hours already agreed, like lunch break.
This applies to all ladies working in offices, so why not to sanitary workers. It seems there was no proper cleaning being done for some time therefore the need for a massive drive when the governer was visiting.