21 Aug 2017 The call comes following the death of 27 manual scavengers in India within the span of one month, outlined in a press release by rights NGOManual Scavenging - Blog Manual scavenging refers to the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from 25 Sep 2018 While new sanitation is being installed around India, some sewage workers are said to be paying with their lives. Ever since he came to power, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's has been championing a Clean India Initiative. But while new sanitation is being installed around 26 Jan 2019 Last Sunday, one more manual scavenging worker died while cleaning sewage from a drain in the Timarpur area of the Indian capital, New 1 Mar 2019 A pilot survey of six of Karnataka's 30 districts has found 1,720 manual scavengers. This is shocking for several reasons. For one, manual