{"id":75,"date":"2017-07-19T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.40.172\/indianodyssey.org\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2017-07-19T14:52:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:52:38","slug":"indian-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/?page_id=75","title":{"rendered":"Eradicating Manual Scavenging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In India, caste has traditionally defined occupation and in the constitution \u2018untouchability\u2019 is proscribed.\u00a0 However, manual scavenging (the cleaning of latrines, sewers and cess pits by hand) and other sanitation related occupations remain the work of one sub-group of the dalit community. \u00a0They are considered to be the untouchables among untouchables because of their work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the last 30 years, Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA, sanitation workers movement) has been advocating for the eradication of manual scavenging.\u00a0 Legislation has been enacted that makes the dehumanising task of manual scavenging illegal. A National rehabilitation scheme exists to help manual scavengers change their occupations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is an urgent need for \u2018dignified sanitation technologies\u2019 that would eliminate the need for manual scavenging.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6-Sewer-work-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6-Sewer-work-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6-Sewer-work.png 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of boy entering manhole (from &#8216;Safai Karmachari Andolan&#8217; facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India, caste has traditionally defined occupation and in the constitution \u2018untouchability\u2019 is proscribed.\u00a0 However, manual scavenging (the cleaning of latrines, sewers and cess pits by hand) and other sanitation related occupations remain the work of one sub-group of the dalit community. \u00a0They are considered to be the untouchables among untouchables because of their work. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/?page_id=75\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eradicating Manual Scavenging&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianodyssey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}