Condition of manual scavengers in india

An estimated million scavengers in the country are involved in the sanitation of our surroundings. The working conditions of these sanitary workers have remained virtually unchanged for over a Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. The Supreme Court has equated the practice of manual scavenging with “sending people to gas chambers.” Expressing concerns over the working conditions of .  · While the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had previously reported that Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra had the highest Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.

A social evil we have failed to address- Manual Scavenging. Recently, a question was raised in the Rajya Sabha about the number of deaths due to manual scavenging. The data received says that a total of people have died due to the cleaning of sewers and septic tanks. These deaths have taken place in the period between and The Supreme Court has equated the practice of manual scavenging with "sending people to gas chambers." Expressing concerns over the working conditions of manual scavengers, a three-judge bench. India's Manual Scavenging Problem. Even after 70 years of independence and 25 years after it has been declared illegal, it is very depressing and unfortunate to see manual scavenging still being practised in India. The Socio-Economic Caste Census of had summed up more than Lakh families, in which at least 1 member was employed in.

In India, there are constitutional and legislative prohibitions on “untouchability” and manual scavenging. However, women and men continue to be engaged in manually cleaning human excrement. In India, manual scavengers, who clean dry latrines, face severe social discrimination as they belong to the lowest stratum of India’s caste-based society – formerly known as “untouchables”. Though a law was passed in to prohibit manual scavenging, there are dry latrines cleaned by manual scavengers, mostly women, in India. As per the “Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, (MS Act, )” manual scavenging means manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or handling in.