Manual Scavengers: Testimonies

Alliance Française de Delhi, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan and Veolia Water India

 present

 Water Series 2012: Round Table 2

Manual Scavengers: testimonies

 A round table and film screening

Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 7pm,

Alliance Française de Delhi, M.L. Bhatia Auditorium, 72 Lodi Estate, 110 003.

We stand today on the brink of a global water crisis. The 2012 Water Series will gather specialists of the issue and approach it in depth through several problematic topics.

This round table will focus on the problems related to manual scavenging which is still surviving in many parts of India without proper sewage systems.

Guest of Honour

Jairam Ramesh,

Minister for Rural Development (TBC)

Keynote Address:

Rajiv Chandran, National Information Officer,

United Nations Information Center (UNIC)

Chairperson:

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh

Sanitation and Social Reform Movement

Speakers:

Enrico Fabian, Freelance Photographer

Savinder Sawarkar, Artist

Sutapa Dey, Television Journalist