New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- New Delhi, Delhi, India - Reckitt is advancing a nationwide movement to strengthen India's sanitation economy by building sanitation entrepreneurs, modernising school sanitation systems, and generating the evidence required to bridge the life expectancy gap faced by millions of sanitation workers across the country.

While India's sanitation landscape has transformed significantly with over 100 million toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission, the people who maintain sanitation systems continue to face some of the highest occupational risks. Shorter life spans among sanitation workers reflect hazardous exposure, lack of mechanisation, informal labour structures and generational disadvantages.

Reckitt's Harpic...