Dalits demand ban on manual scavenging

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Nov 16, 2011: The local unit of the Karnataka Dalit Sangarsh Samithi organized a protest in front of the DC’s office on Nov 15 Wednesday demanding the immediate resignation of Suresh Kumar, the urban development minister.

M. Devadas, organizing convener of KDSS, said that Suresh Kumar is responsible for the fact that two Dalits have died recently while cleaning septic tanks. Although making people manually clean septic tanks is illegal, it is still being done, he lamented.

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The Dalit protestors also demanded that all officials responsible for such acts must be suspended right away and a ban on manual scavenging must be enforced in order to restore dignity to the lives of Dalits.

Vekatagiryayya Mandya, the state organizing convener; Krishnanada D, the district organizing convener; and Shekar Chilimbi also participated in the protest.

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