Manual Scavenging in Karnataka – A PUCL-K Study 06.05.2019 · Posted in Human Rights, Report, Urban Poverty ManualScavengingReport_May-25-FinalDownload What are the historical factors at work in India society in denying the right to dignity for the sanitation worker and allowing deaths from manual scavenging to continue? This study identifies four such factors and discusses them in detail. Tags: Manual Scavengers, Manual Scavenging