In the heart of the financial capital of the world's fastest growing economy, the amount of sewage generated is beyond compare. And still today, there are pe NEW DELHI: ScoopWhoop Chase launches its latest documentary titled "The Manual Scavengers of Mumbai" that investigates the unfair practice of sewage treatment in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The film features an upper caste male going into a gutter to scavenge for waste, while exploring the ideas of caste and privilege that When her documentary Kakkoos, on manual scavenging, released this February, she received hundreds of phone calls and messages on social media from unknown people threatening to rape and kill her Manual scavenging is the practice of removing human excreta by hand from sewers or septic tanks. India banned the practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (PEMSR). Manual scavenging is deeply rooted in the caste system. Scavengers suffer from all kinds of illnesses. They have to come in direct contact with shit, hospital waste, harmful chemicals, and more shit. When they get ill, they are shunned by hospitals. They are an economically downtrodden class. Even amongst low caste scavengers, women are outclassed. Mired in the politics of caste and social inequality, manual scavenging continues to claim lives of workers, mostly members of the Dalit and minority communities. discovered his love for photography and subsequently worked as a cinematographer for the critically acclaimed 2017 documentary Kakkoos. A 2019 PARI (People's Archive of Rural What he saw and heard as the cinematographer for the documentary 'Kakkoos' drove Kumar to build a rich chronicle of manual scavengers' lives. Features Photography Wednesday, November 15 It is depressing to learn that even after 65 years of independence, the government has failed to eliminate manual scavenging. I was shocked to see the plight of those engaged in the menial task in The rap plays in the background as the viewer is forced to lock eyes with Amitabh, a lawyer-turned-manual scavenger, who rises out of the filthy sewage water, gasping for breath inside a manhole. The 90-second teaser of Abhishek Verma's upcoming animated short film, 'Manhole', immerses the viewer into a virtual world of manual scavenging. What is Manual Scavenging? The Wire. Follow. last year. #Grit is dedicated to the coverage of sanitation, health across intersections. The Manual Scavenging Report is the first in a series of deep dive reporting projects. The 2017 Tamil documentary ' Kakkoos ' (Toilet) delves into the lives and living conditions of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu, and how this practice continues even today. However, Indian law banned manual scavenging as far back as 1993. According to the law, no person, local authority or agency should: . Construct an insanitary latrine (a latrine which requires manual handling of human The 2017 Tamil documentary ' Kakkoos ' (Toilet) delves into the lives and living conditions of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu, and how this practice continues even today. However, Indian law banned manual scavenging as far back as 1993. According to the law, no person, local authority or agency should: . Construct an insanitary latrine (a latrine which requires manual handling of human Also read: Stape your eyes if you must, but watch 'Kakkoos', Divya's haunting film on manual scavenging. After the docume