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Manual scavenging is a term used mainly in India for the manual removal of untreated human excreta from bucket toilets or pit latrines by hand with buckets and shovels. It has been officially prohibited by law in 1993 due to it being regarded as a caste-based dehumanizing practice (if not done in a safe manner). It involves moving the excreta, using brooms and tin plates, into baskets, which the workers carry to disposal locations sometimes several kilometers away.The workers, called scavengers (or more appropriately "sanitation workers"), rarely have any personal protective equipment.Manual scavenging is a caste-based occupation, with the vast majority of workers involved being women.
The employment of manual scavengers to empty a certain type of dry toilets that requires manual daily emptying was prohibited in India in 1993. The law was extended and clarified to include insanitary latrines, ditches and pits in 2013. Recent statistics showed one manual scavenger died every five days since the beginning of 2017. Ask a question❓ why being a democratic nation we don't have perfect equipments or machines to clean.
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In the heart of the financial capital of the world's fastest growing economy, the amount of sewage generated is beyond compare. And still today, there are people who deal with the shit with their bare hands everyday. @samdishbhatia went inside a sewer to understand why this is still happening.
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In the heart of the financial capital of India, the amount of sewage generated is beyond compare. And still today, there are people who deal with the shit with their bare hands everyday. We investigated into the unfair practice of sewage treatment in Mumbai.
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#Repost @choudharyravi ・・・ Death Trap... Submerged chest deep in black, tarry muck; sewage workers step into manholes and sewage lines bereft of safety gear. They enter a sordid environment filled mostly with human excreta with injuries and ailments part and parcel of their work. As per official reports last year itself ten sewage workers in Delhi died in a little over a month due to exposure to toxic gases during work, and that too for a sum of INR 250.00 per day.
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Submerged chest deep in black, tarry muck; sewage workers step into manholes and sewage lines bereft of safety gear. They enter a sordid environment filled mostly with human excreta with injuries and ailments part and parcel of their work. Ten sewage workers in Delhi have died in a little over a month due to exposure to toxic gases during work.
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