Author: Central Advisory Board for Harijan Welfare, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
Title: Report of the Scavenging Conditions Enquiry Committee - December 1960
Description: New Delhi, Government of India Press, (1961). orig. wrappers. 211,(25) pp,, 24x15cm,Includes 53pp photo, drawing & diagram illustrations (9 folding).. 16 plates,9 folding diagrams. Cover stain. Rear cover tear. Good. ¶ Report on the work of the Committee established in 1957 " to prepare a scheme to put an end to the degrading practice of scavengers having to carry night-soil in buckets or baskets...not merely for eliminating the practice of carrying night-soil as head loads, but also for removing filth & indignity from all stages of scavenging, & for improving the working & living conditions & social status of scavengers" [..."Even today, after 13 years of freedom, it is a common sight to see a scavenger (mostly women) moving with a heavy load of night-soil on his head carried in a bamboo basket or a leaking drum, the matter trickling over his face and body..."].Contents: Introduction; Cleaining of Latrines; Transportation of Night- Soil; Wheel Barrows; Implements; Night-Soil Deposits; Dumping Grounds; Underground Drainage; Design of Latrines; Latrines on Railways; Customary Rights; Methods of Scavenging in Foreign Countries; Administrative Set-up; Some General Aspects; Summary; Appendices.

Keywords: Indian Political History, Untouchability, Harijan Scavengers, Dalits Dalit, Untouchables, Untouchable Castes, Sociology, Anthropology, India Scavenging, Night-soil