[Reader-list] Fwd: discussion on 'Manual Scavengers, Their Rehabilitation and Alternative Humane Mechanisms to Clean Modern Drainage and Sewerage System'

[Rakesh Iyer]

Dear all

Please look at this invitation and for those in Chennai, please attend it.

Rakesh Krishnamoorthy Iyer
Junior Research Associate
Prayas Energy Group, Pune
Mobile: +91-9975005114
E-mail ID: rakesh at prayaspune.org



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From: Aparajay Surnameless <aparajay at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Subject: Fwd: discussion on 'Manual Scavengers, Their Rehabilitation and
Alternative Humane Mechanisms to Clean Modern Drainage and Sewerage System'
To: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>


Hey sorry forgot to send you... please come, bring your friends
and circulate. Thanks

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From: Aparajay Surnameless <aparajay at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Subject: discussion on 'Manual Scavengers, Their Rehabilitation and
Alternative Humane Mechanisms to Clean Modern Drainage and Sewerage System'
To: Deepak Johnson <deepakjohnson91 at gmail.com>, Aashish Gupta <
aashu.gupta20 at gmail.com>, Manish Kumar <manishiit.kumar14 at gmail.com>


Sir/Ma'am,

We are forwarding you the invite that has been send out from MIDS
Publication Deptt. for the discussion on 'Manual Scavengers, Their
Rehabilitation and Alternative Humane Mechanisms to Clean Modern Drainage
and Sewerage System'.

Please accept our formal invitation, even though our mail is little delayed.
We had communicated to you before although informally. Please forward it to

others in Chennai as well.

Thanking you.

Students of MIDS, Chennai


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Subject: Reg: Discussion on MIDS
From:    "Publication" <pub at mids.ac.in>
Date:    Thu, October 11, 2012 2:35 pm
To:      pub at mids.ac.in
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Discussion:

Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers, Their Rehabilitation and
Alternative Humane Mechanisms to Clean Modern Drainage and Sewerage System

Succumbing to the progressive people's struggle bolstered by Supreme Court
orders, Central government has tabled a 'new' bill before Parliament;
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation
Bill, 2012.  Though this bill seems to be de jure a step forward but de
facto lacks a detailed vision for liberating manual scavengers even when
contrasted with 2011 Draft Bill prepared by P.S. Krishnan, former Secretary
to the Government of India. The definition of manual scavengers remains
narrow without any visible responsibility on concrete rehabilitation for
them. Newspaper reports continue to bring out sordid detail of human hands
still being employed for modern drain cleaning to unblock clogged sewer
instead of using appropriate machines, leave alone thinking of an
alternative drainage and sewer system. The voice of the people struggling
for a progressive world seems to remain unheard. It is with these concerns
that students of MIDS would like to invite you for a discussion on
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers, Their Rehabilitation and
Alternative Humane Mechanisms to clean modern drainage and sewerage system.
This preliminary discussion will be followed by further similar discussions
on the same issue in the coming week. The details of it would be
communicated accordingly.

Discussion will be moderated by Dr. C. Lakshmanan (Asst. Prof., Madras
Institute of Development Studies, Chennai). The panellists are

.         Mr. Bharathidasan: On Socio-Political Aspect.

(Ph D Scholar, Madras Institute of Development Studies.)



.         Dr. Ligy Phillip: On the Technological and Mechanization Aspect.
This presentation specifically is to advance further research in this area.
Hence, it should be treated accordingly.

(Professor IIT- Madras, Environment and Water Resource Engineering Deptt.)



.         Mr. Sarvanan Velu: On the Constitutional Legality and Systemic
Hurdles.

(Advocate, Chennai High Court.)



.         Mr. Saravanan: On perspective of the State through Court and
Government Orders. (Advocate, Chennai High Court.)



Venue    :      Auditorium, Madras institute of Development Studies

Date        :      12.10.2012

Time   :           2.45 - 5.30