Mysuru: Manual scavenging is a caste-based occupation involving the removal of untreated human excreta from bucket toilets or pit latrines, that has been officially abolished by Law in India as a dehumanising practice.
This inhuman practice still persists and the helpless Pourakarmikas are forced to enter manholes to clean them. One more such incident has come to light in Saraswathipuram near the Swimming Pool premises in the city, where a worker had been entrusted the task of cleaning a manhole.
