Books on manual scavenging

 · Unseen: the Truth about India’s Manual Scavengers is a harrowing compilation of accounts of different manual scavengers across the nation, providing shocking stories of their plight and struggle. ‘I left this work a year ago, but the stench hasn’t left Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.  · Puu, a children’s book on manual scavenging, was born of ‘anger’. "The reason we used flowers is because the Tamil word Puu (meaning flowers) sounds a lot like an English word that means something completely different. It was the perfect metaphor." Written by Anuradha Varma |. Updated: Novem www.doorway.ru For: The Indian Express.  · Manual scavenging was banned 25 years ago with the passing of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, , but it continues to find practitioners. The occupation persists mainly because of the continued presence of insanitary latrines. There are about million insanitary latrines (dry toilets.

Manual scavenging literally means removal of human excreta from toilets without flush systems. This waste is removed by brooms and then piled into the scavenger's baskets, which they have to carry to a different location. The book talks about the plight of these manual scavengers. The author travelled to various places and met a lot of these. Manual scavenging has always been linked to caste, with a particular community always shouldering the burden of the activity. The community involved in the activity has always been subjugated by. Manual scavenging was banned 25 years ago with the passing of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, , but it continues to find practitioners. The occupation persists mainly because of the continued presence of insanitary latrines. There are about million insanitary latrines (dry toilets.

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