Manual Scavenging :Shortcomings and Challenges: Inhuman practice of Manual Scavenging

Singh, Aarti

ISBN 10: 333003789X / ISBN 13: 9783330037892

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manual Scavenging :Shortcomings and Challenges: Inhuman practice of Manual Scavenging
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 333003789X
• ISBN 13: 9783330037892
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Manual scavenging is a profession which has been in existence since the human civilization and its compartmentalisation into varna system in India. Deemed to polluting and filthy occupation, this job is preformed exclusively by dalits and that too, to a sub-caste of dalits who are considered even by other dalits sub-castes to be wretched and ‘untouchable’. The inhuman practice of manually removing night soil which involves removal of human excrements from dry toilets with bare hands, brooms or metal scrappers; carrying excrements and baskets to dumping sites for disposal, is not only diabolic but perhaps the highest degree of human rights violation.This book throws light on the historical development of this inhumane practice ,its shortcomings and challenges.

About the Author

Aarti Singh,is a PhD Research scholar at Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi,India.She completed her bachelors and masters in law from Bharati Vidyapeeth University,Pune,India.She has interest in Human Rights and International Law.