Manual Scavenging – HRDI – Human Rights Defense International

Breaking Free: Rehabilitating Manual Scavengers

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020Articles, Declarations, Documents, Manual Scavenging

Twenty former manual scavengers from Dewas, Madhya Pradesh formed a self-help group, leased a local village pond and began fish farming, increasing their incomes fivefold. Manual scavenging refers to the…

Why manual scavengers in India haven’t got their rights despite laws, judiciary intervention

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020Articles, Manual Scavenging, Rights of Workers

The absence of a statutory obligation to provide sanitation services by state agencies creates a situation where the rights of manual scavengers hang in the air. ARKAJA SINGH and ADITYA UNNIKRISHNAN 26 February,…

Cleaning Human Waste “Manual Scavenging,” Caste, and Discrimination in India

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020Articles, Manual Scavenging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOup9Qy7nU Bhangi: Literally, “broken identity,” a derogatory name used to refer to people from the caste traditionally responsible for manual scavenging. Dalit: Literally “broken people,” a self-designated term for so-called “untouchables” who…

Sewers are gas chambers where manual scavengers are sent to die: SC

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020Articles, Manual Scavenging

Apex court comes down heavily on govt on the issue of manual scavenging Sewers in India were like gas chambers where manual scavengers were sent to die, the Supreme Court…

A Supreme Court Bench made remarks on manual scavenging and untouchability while hearing the Centre’s plea seeking review of its last year’s verdict on SC/ST Act.

By HRDI Admin July 17, 2020Articles, Manual Scavenging

Expressing serious concern over people dying during manual scavenging and sewage cleaning in India, the Supreme Court Wednesday said nowhere in the world people are sent to “gas chambers to…