From Sewer Cleaning Worker to Sanitation Entrepreneur: How NAMASTE-SUY Empowered Kailash Chander

The Press Information Bureau release outlines the livelihood transformation of Kailash Chander, a 63-year-old sanitation worker from Rajasthan, under the Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) of the NAMASTE Scheme. Financial assistance in the form of an upfront capital subsidy and a loan enabled him to purchase a tractor fitted with a suction machine for independent sanitation services. This mechanisation replaced hazardous manual sewer cleaning with a safer, technology-enabled enterprise, creating employment for additional workers and establishing financial independence.