Govind decided to clean a septic tank to earn extra money for Holi. He drowned in shit
Though manual scavenging is banned, it hasn’t disappeared. As flush toilets become more popular, the practice has simply taken on a new form. Govind’s mother, Geeta Devi, with her surviving sons. This is the first part of “India’s Dirty Secret”, a new series for Scroll.in on manual scavenging and sewage worker deaths. Based on a study of the…