What is manual scavnging? Is there any country other India that is known to force civilians to this practice?

Question

This is the most inhuman and tortourous practice of a relegion and nation on this planet, that the humans are made to clean human excreta, carry on their heads and go down to the drainage of human excereta without any tools to clean the human ****. I am wondering if the world is aware of this practice and if there is any other place on earth where humans where forcefully discriminated as lowly, outcast and asked them to do **** jobs?.

"INDIA'S SHAME"
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20060922005900400.htm
`SHAMEFUL', `degrading', `dehumanising', `disgusting', `obnoxious', `abhorrent', a `blot on humanity' - these are some of the words used to describe `manual scavenging', which in plain language means people lifting human excreta with their hands and carrying the load on their heads, hips or shoulders. If they are lucky, they get to use a wagon.

Answer 1

I never thought about this. I was aware of the caste system, but I never imagined it was as bad as this. Here is a description from an Untouchable, the lowest rung on the caste ladder:

"In the morning I work from 6.00 am to 11.00 am cleaning the dry latrines. I collect the faeces and carry it on my head to the river half a kilometer away seven to ten times a day. In the afternoon I clean the gutters. Another Bhangi collects the rubbish from the gutters and places it outside. Then I come and pick it up and take it one kilometer away. My husband died 10 years ago since then I have been doing this. Today I earn 30 rupees a day (US$0.75). Nine years ago I earned Rs. 16, then Rs. 22, and for the last two years it has been Rs. 30. But the payments are uncertain. For the last two months we have not received anything. Every two months they pay, but there is no certainty. We are paid by the Nagar Palika municipality chief officer.”

I think we who live here in the US have no idea how fortunate we are.

Answer 2

Vedic Tradition of Latrines is you go in Open Air in farm or behind the bushes.There are some places allotted specially for excavating. These where seperate for Men and women.
According to Vastu, the latrine is never allowed inside the house leave alone attached Toilets. People mainly lived in Villages and they used to take a small pot with water and go to distant place or inside the farm. and then after that they used to go to river and Bath there to purify them selves. This is Vedic Culture. Even During Muslim rule this tradition of going out for Toilet was very prevalent and is still prevelant in India.

It was some time during the British rule that people in cities wanted attached bathrooms and going to toilets with Indians was considered “low”. Since underground Sanitation was not available, they forced the low working class Indians to manually carry out this. British Slavery and killing of Indians is very well know. After that Rich athiestic Indians who where servants of British also took it up.

But this has nothing to do with Caste System or even Vedic Culture. Follower of Vedic Literatures still consider attached toilets as unclean.

Answer 3

Yes, there is something worse. Children chained and forced to read the Koran.