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In the early days of the campus, which was then very remote, washermen from far flung areas were asked to move into the campus - along with their families - to support the growing community. In recent past, they have been asked to move out of the campus, despite them serving several students still. Perhaps a part of the "mechanization drive", perhaps just born out of apathy, it takes neither the user nor the service provider into confidence. This page documents related items below.
2024-12-27: Five minutes video on living and working conditions of Dhobi Families in IIT Kanpur
2024-12-24: Citizens' Forum's second letter to the director on December, 24th. Hindi translation of the letter is available here.
2024-12-13: 78 alumni have endorsed the Citizen's Forum's December, 13th letter to Director.
2024-12-13: In light of recent eviction notice to dhobis, Citizens' Forum writes this letter to Director, IITK.
2018-04-26: In view of the situation, Citizens' Forum is writing this letter to Director, IITK.
2018-04-20: One of the alumni forwarded a presentation he gave in 2011 on the issue. It can be found here.
2018-04-16: An article on Nirvaak on the issue.
2018-04-16: Letter from the Dhobhi community to Director.
2018-04-12: This page is born out of more recent event as documented in the Hamara Manch update: Eviction notice to Dhobis: neither the service provider nor the users consulted
2018-04-04: Institute view/arguments for their eviction is captured in this vox-populi article (for a response, see the Hamara Manch update above).
2010-09-20: An earlier attempt to force them out was made, as documented in this Update from Hamara Manch [Eviction of dhobis].
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