Report of the Scavenging Conditions Enquiry Committee - December 1960

Central Advisory Board for Harijan Welfare, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

Published by Government of India Press (1961), New Delhi, 1961

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211,(25) pp, 24x15cm,Includes 53pp photo, drawing & diagram illustrations (9 folding). Report on the work of the Committee established in 1957 " to prepare a scheme to put an end to the degrading practice of scavengers having to carry night-soil in buckets or baskets.not merely for eliminating the practice of carrying night-soil as head loads, but also for removing filth & indignity from all stages of scavenging, & for improving the working & living conditions & social status of scavengers" [."Even today, after 13 years of freedom, it is a common sight to see a scavenger (mostly women) moving with a heavy load of night-soil on his head carried in a bamboo basket or a leaking drum, the matter trickling over his face and body."].Contents: Introduction; Cleaining of Latrines; Transportation of Night- Soil; Wheel Barrows; Implements; Night-Soil Deposits; Dumping Grounds; Underground Drainage; Design of Latrines; Latrines on Railways; Customary Rights; Methods of Scavenging in Foreign Countries; Administrative Set-up; Some General Aspects; Summary; Appendices. Cover stain. Rear cover tear. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Report of the Scavenging Conditions Enquiry Committee - December 1960
• Publisher: Government of India Press (1961), New Delhi
• Publication Date: 1961
• Binding: orig. wrappers
• Illustrator: 16 plates,9 folding diagrams
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  • Indian Political History