BRAIN-TURNERS

1. Future cities: Ensuring
world class amenities in
urban India
Souvik Saha
Tarosi Senapati
Konika Choudhury
Sucheta De
Debanjan Roy
Team Members :

2. Manual scavenging-a national shame
What is it?
It refers to the removal of animal or human excreta using
brooms,tin plates and baskets from dry latrine and carrying
it to disposal grounds involving human hands.

3. Where it is practised rather malpractised?
•Indian railways
•Indian army
•Public toilets
•Private homes
•Roads

4. Who are engaged?
•Mostly Dalit class of the
society
•Children from the poor
•sections
•Rag pickers etc
•

5. Violation of laws:
of constitution, besides the Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities act,1989)
•The Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines
(Prohibition)Act 1993 provides punishment for employing
manual scavengers or constructing dry toilets
Manual scavenging is violative of the spirit of Article 14
(equality before law),Article 17( right against exploitation)

6. Whom to accuse?
•Ministry of Defence
•Ministry of health and family welfare
•Various municipalities
•Ministry of Railways
•
•Civic authorities
Private firms and households

7. Mr. Amir Khan, in his show named “Satyameva Jayate”
highlighted this issue in one of the episodes, and on
12
th
July 2012 he met Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh,
who assured him to take necessary steps to eradicate this
social peril. He directed Mr. Mukul Wasnik ,Union minister
for Social Justice and Empowerment to look into this matter
with priority. Our National Advisory Council also gave its
kind attention on how to resolve this issue which in turn
will save the plight of 3 lakhs of manual scavengers who
cleans others excreta by hands even after 65 years of freedom.

9. GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO END THIS DEHUMANISING JOB
•PMO,NAC,MOSJ&E, is working together to Make an end to
this degrading event.
•While addressing Parliament on 12
th
March 2011,President
Pratibha Devi Singh Patel said a new Bill would be introduced
for eliminating manual scavenging
The government, as the largest employer of manual
scavengers, is guilty of violating this Act .
SO,WHO WILL PUNISH
THE GOVERNMENT!!!

10. OUR RESPONSIBILITY:
•To create mass awareness among everyday Indians
using various mass media like newspapers, television,
radio.
•We young generation can popularize anti scavenging
campaigns using social networking.
•To provide our sweepers and housekeepers with modern
cleaning equipments Like vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers,
pressure washers etc.

11. SOME OTHER MEASURES WHICH CAN BE TAKEN:
•Indian railways can introduce bio-toilets .
•Workers should use gloves and gas masks while
cleaning the manholes and septic tanks.
•Effective water jets should be used to clean public
toilets.
•Automatic suction pump
fitted vehicles should be
be employed by the civic
bodies to keep streets clean

12. NOW WE CAN ONLY WAIT WHEN THIS
WILL BECOME

13. REFERENCE
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Wikipedia
The Times of India
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