give a brief note on manual scavenging
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Manual Scavenging refers to the practice of removing human and animal waste/excrete using brooms,Tom played and baskets from dry latrines and carrying it on head to disposal grounds some distance away.A manual scavenger is the person who does the job of carriying this filth.This job is mainly done by Dalit women & young girls.According to the Andhra Pradesh-based Safai Karamchari Andolan,there are 13 lakh persons from Dalit communties who continued to be employed in this job in this country and who work in the 96 lakh private and community dry latrines managed by municipalities.Manual Scavengera are exposed to subhuman conditions of work and face serious health hazards.
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