3.Manual Scavenging is still practised in different parts of India. Despite negligent attitude
of the people towards these scavengers, they continue with it. What are the main reasons
behind it?
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Answers
Explanation:
According to the Socio-Economic Survey done along with the census of 2011, there are 1.8 lakh manual scavengers across the country, Madhya Pradesh topping the list with over 23,000. Even Punjab, forward in many respects, returned about 12,000 manual scavengers.
The 2011 census noted the number of dry latrines as 2.6 million, and the number of toilets where wastes are flushed into open drains as 1,314, 652 and the number of dry latrines manually cleaned as 794,390. Most of these – 73 per cent – were found in rural areas.
This situation is the reason for persistence of manual scavenging as an occupation and manual scavengers as an exclusive group very often given caste names also. Worse still, it has ended in mentioning manual scavenging work of the types mentioned as a separate occupation even in some official information on job openings.
Answer:
Lack of educational education and Poverty and Discrimination are the reasons behind it.