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Dry latrines have been found in India.

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According to the 2011 India census, there are more than 2.6 million dry latrines in the country. Dry latrines are latrines where human waste is removed manually by a person called a manual scavenger. This practice of removing human excreta from dry latrines is called manual scavenging. According to various databases, these dry latrines are found mainly in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu, and Kashmir, India. The cleaning of dry latrines is usually done by Dalit community women and girls who often get various health issues and infections by doing this hazardous and unhygienic job, and that too at a significantly lower wage. There were protests and rallies organized by Dalit people and their supporters to convince the government to demolish these dry latrines, like the Safai Karamchari Andolan by the people of Andhra Pradesh.

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