Flooding Urbanity: Narratives from Safai Karamcharis of Guwahati, Assam

Ashika Thomas (), Sakshi Chindaliya (), Deepanshu Mohan () and Rishiraj Sen ()
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Ashika Thomas: London School of Economics and Political Science
Sakshi Chindaliya: O.P Jindal Global University
Deepanshu Mohan: Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University
Rishiraj Sen: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Chapter Chapter 4 in Pan-India Stories of Informal Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic, 2024, pp 67-87 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Post the devastating floodsFlood of AssamAssam in 2022, a team of ethnographers took to the streets of the capital city Guwahati to explore the turbulent hydro-social dynamics. This paper is a documentation of the hidden narrative of sanitation workersSanitation workers in the slums of Guwahati; a community doomed to cater to the needs of the urbanUrban collective over their own. It delves into the nuances of casteCaste and gender dimensions that govern the fragile livelihoodsLivelihood of the community most vulnerable to floodsFlood in the region—safai karamcharisSafai karamcharis. The study explores the undertones of informalityInformality in a formal work set-up and the cyclical nature of the annual disasterDisaster. The observations and analysis from this project add to (Coulthard et al. in Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-offs and Governance, Routledge, 2018) Multidimensionality of Poverty by expanding the definition of ecosystem services and its implications at the community level.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-1525-1_4

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