How we have failed the manual scavenger. And Gandhi
https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/books-authors/bant-is-a-dalit-icon/
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sunday-special/perspective/how-we-have-failed-the-manual-scavenger-and-gandhi/839712.html
Manual Scavengers-Street Cleaners; a paid street cleaners or refuse; wastage, garbage collectors
GANDHI 150 YEAR: EMBODIMENT OF INJUSTICE, MANUAL SCAVENGING IS A REMINDER THAT DEMOCRACY HAS A DEODORISED CONSCIENCE. WHEN IT WEARS OUT, IT STINKS
A scavenger dying in a drain is the epitome of unthinking urban violence. Manual scavenging has to be rethought and in the failure of rethinking lies the failure of Indian democracy to rethink citizenship and livelihood
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sunday-special/perspective/how-we-have-failed-the-manual-scavenger-and-gandhi/839712.html
The workforce, IN NUMBERS·
   The latest annual report (2018-19) prepared by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment identifies 34,749 manual scavengers-Street Cleaner; a paid street cleaner or refuse; wastage, garbage collector·   
     This is in addition to 14,505 manual scavengers identified by 13 states as per the provisions of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013·    
    Thus, a total of 49,254 manual scavengers have been identified. The report had noted that Rajasthan, Punjab and West Bengal were the only states which reported an increase in the number of manual scavengers in the last two years.
‘Essential, but get a raw deal’
Scavengers get a raw deal despite the fact that society can’t survive without their services. We always place a doctor next to God. If a doctor refuses treatment, only a few patients will lose their lives. But if a scavenger stops work, the entire society can be wiped off. —Bant Singh, balladeer and symbol of dalit oppression
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First Posted On: September 29, 2019, 11:49 AM (IST)
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How we have failed the manual scavenger. And Gandhi
 Manual Scavengers-Street Cleaners; a paid street cleaners or refuse; wastage, garbage collectors