• JITENDRA SINGH RATHORE
• RITU MODI
• MONALISA PUROHIT

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 kilometres 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.

manual scavenging, dehumanising, insanitary

"MANUAL SCAVENGING:A BLOT ON INDIA'S GOVERNANCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.164-171, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903G27.pdf

"MANUAL SCAVENGING:A BLOT ON INDIA'S GOVERNANCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp164-171, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903G27.pdf