With over 15,000 enumerated manual scavengers in rural parts of the state, karnataka remains in the top five of the ignominious list recorded by the socio economic and caste census 2011. Guidelines for survey on manual scavengers in statutory towns. As per the socioeconomic caste census secc 2011, rural maharashtra alone has 65,181 households where at least one person is employed as a manual scavenger, the highest in the country, accounting for 35 per cent of the. Instructions manual ministry of social justice and. As per the socio economic and caste census 2011 secc2011 data of manual scavengers released by the ministry of rural development. Death of workers engaged in manual scavenging while cleaning the. The socioeconomic and caste census of 2011 had identified 1,80,657 households of manual scavengers across india. Also, census 2011 reported that in over 740,078 households excluding septic tanks, public sewers and railway tracks excreta was cleared out by manual scavengers. The 2011 census of indiafound 794,000 cases of manual scavenging across india the state of maharashtra, with 63,7, tops the list with the largest number of households working as manual scavengers, followed by the states of. As per the socio economic and caste census 2011 secc 2011 data of manual scavengers released by the ministry of rural development on 03.
As many as 167,487 households reported a member of the household as a manual scavenger, according to an earlier reply in the lok sabha parliaments lower house by the ministry of rural development on february 25, 2016, based on the socio economic and caste census 2011. For gujarat, that has declared itself as a manual scavenging free state since 1992, the data from census 2011 reveals a presence of over 2,500 households in the state where the night soil is removed physically by humans. As per the socio economic and caste census 2011 secc2011 data which is based on respondent input as revealed by the household to the enumerator and released by ministry of rural development 1,82,505 respondent households in rural areas reported themselves as manual scavengers. Socio economic and caste census 2011 was the fourth exercise conducted by government of india to identify households living below the poverty line bpl in india that would get various entitlements, after three censuses in 1992, 1997 and 2002. Manual scavenging is prohibited under the prohibition of employment as.
Trapped in manual scavenging the new indian express. Government of india will use the data of socioeconomic caste census 2011, to implement many of its flagship social schemes. Census 2011 belies gujarats claims, 2,500 households. The socioeconomic caste census of 2011 counted over 1. India is the only country in the world where a particular section of the society is. Rehabilitating manual scavengers english, hindi manual scavenging refers to the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from dry latrines and sewers. Manual scavenging is illegal but still persists business standard. As per the houselisting and housing census, 2011, there were 7. Despite the parliament enacting a legislation to prohibit manual scavenging, it goes on and the funds allocated for rehabilitation are hardly spent. Although specifically banned by a law passed in 2003 manual scavenging continues with census 2011 estimating that nearly 8 lakh people were involved i. Rehabilitating former manual scavengers united nations india. Contrary to the state governments claim that maharashtra does not have manual scavengers, census 2011 has found a high prevalence of this revolting. Review of prohibition of employment as manual scavengers.
Even after 70 years of independence, manual scavenging still persists in india. Despite progress, manual scavenging persists in india. Government claims to have assisted 91% of indias manual. Socio economic caste census of 2011 identified 1,82,505 manual scavengers in rural areas alone. While we have to wait for the next census to get more updated. Assuming there is only one person in those identified households doing manual scavenging, there are at least 182,505 manual scavengers in india. Indias far from modis target of ending manual scavenging. Highest numbers of manual scavengers were identified in the state of maharashtra. A report by housinglisting and housing census, 2011 indicates that there are approximately 26 million insanitary latrines. Rediff labs analysed the socioeconomic caste census 2011 data on number of manual scavengers in india.
In india, over a lakh rural households are dependent on manual scavenging for income, according to the 2011 socioeconomic and caste census. In 20, prohibition of employment as manual scavengers and their rehabilitation bill, to ban manual. There are significant differences in the number of manual scavengers identified by the states and those identified in the social economic caste census secc 2011. Number of households any member belonging to manual scavenger rural.
The inhuman job of cleaning night soil manually is still practiced in many parts of rural punjab, according to the latest figures of the socio economic and caste census secc 2011. Government claims to have assisted 91% of indias manual scavengers, without counting 93% of them. This leaves 93% of total manual scavengers deprived of reaping benefits of the law. Indias far from modis target of ending manual scavenging this year. As per the 2011 census data, latrines from which night soil is manually removed exist in. Cleaning human waste manual scavenging, caste, and. Central government has asked states and union territories to verify socioeconomic and caste census secc, 2011 to identify manual scavengers. Existence of manually serviced latrines in the statesuts points to the fact that the practice of manual scavenging is yet to be eliminated there. According to socioeconomic and caste census 2011 of rural india, 1,80,657 rural households surveyed were engaged in manual scavenging. It is a criminal, nonbailable act, but manual scavenging continues. Existence of manually serviced latrines in the statesuts points to the fact that the. Again, as per the socioeconomic caste census 2011 there are 182,505 families in rural india who are engaged in manual scavenging. References rashtriya garima abhiyan justice denied.
The same census report also revealed that in karnataka state, there were 64,30,515 households without toilets, implying that they were either dependent on public toilets or were defecating in open which may also require manual intervention and thus may also promote manual scavenging. The state of maharashtra, with 63,7, tops the list with the largest number of households working as manual scavengers, followed by the states of madhya pradesh, uttar pradesh, tripura and karnataka. The 2011 census records the presence of 740,078 households where waste and excreta is cleared out by manual scavengers. Manual scavenging, caste, and discrimination in india hrw. Karnataka worst in the south in manual scavenging numbers. Census raises stink over manual scavenging pune news. How this delhi dcs initiative is gifting a new life to. The international dalit solidarity network works on a global level to eliminate caste discrimination affecting human rights of over 260 million people. Manual scavenging is a castebased occupation involving the removal of untreated human excreta from bucket toilets or pit latrines, that has been officially abolished by law in india as a dehumanizing practice. The 2011 census recorded 740,078 households that have their waste and faecal matter cleared out by manual scavengers. This number does not include the septic tanks, public sewers and railway tracks which are also mostly cleaned by manual scavengers.
It often involves using the most basic of tools such as buckets, brooms and baskets. According to the 2011 census, dry latrines exist in all statesuts except in goa, sikkim, chandigarh and lakshadweep. The safai karmachari andolan, an organization that works for the rights of sanitation workers, argues that the real figure is closer to more than six times the seccs estimate. Manual scavenging is a castebased occupation for dalits. But, the number of manual scavengers identified by the states is just 7% of the households with at least a single member engaged in manual scavenging, according to census 2011. Socioeconomic caste census 2011 important data for. The figure was a gross underrepresentation, considering that there are 740,078 households across india where human waste is physically removed by a person from a dry latrine according to the 2011 census. The manual scavengers and construction of dry latrines prohibition act enacted in 1993 by the government of india prohibits manual scavenging in the country. It involves moving the excreta, using brooms and tin plates, into baskets, which the workers carry to disposal locations sometimes several kilometers away. House listing and housing census 2011 released by registrar general shows.
But the number of manual scavengers identified by the states is just 7%. Manual scavenging a law without enforcement the csr. The employment of manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines. In fact, punjab is the worst among the northern states in this regard with 11,949 people engaged in manual scavenging. As per the socio economic and caste census 2011 secc 2011 data which is based on respondent input as revealed by the household to the enumerator and released by ministry of rural development 1,82,505 respondent households in rural areas reported themselves as manual scavengers. Causes of manual scavenging in india less number of waterborne latrines. According to the official 2011 census, dalits constitute. However, the number of persons still engaged in manual scavenging 1india. Between 2016 and 2018, up to 123 manual scavengers have. The socioeconomic caste census 2011 shows there are 1,80,657 households engaged in manual scavenging for their livelihood. It typically involves using the foremost basic of tools like buckets, brooms and baskets.
In india, in the urban areas, the major type of latrines used is the dry latrines which are a major cause of manual scavenging. Ministry of social justice and empowerment, instructions manual, february, 20 pp. House listing data on census 2011 conducted by registrar general of india rgi revealed. Socioeconomic caste census 2011, was significant as it carried out the first caste census post1931, and the fourth survey carried out to find the number of below poverty line households. Over a lakh rural households still depend on manual scavenging for.
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