Failure to acknowledge existence of manual scavenging is deplorable

Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers Act, 2013 banned manual scavenging but the inhumane exercise still continues.

What the Data say?

According to government data, 97 per cent of manual scavengers are Dalits.
Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment revealed that 66,692 manual scavengers have been counted and the majority are from Uttar Pradesh
According to the Safai Karamchari Andolan, at least 472 people have died cleaning human excreta during the last five years.

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