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AdvertisingThe act of manual scavenging is a human rights violation as it destroys the dignity of the person forced to carry someone else’s excreta, he said. AdvertisingCommenting on the recent deaths of manual scavengers in Panvel, he said: “We are only inviting further deaths. Wilson listed Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir as states with highest prevalence of manual scavenging. “Manual scavenging cannot be called a job or livelihood. One cannot expect “returns” everywhere, he said, adding that nearly 1.6 lakh women were engaged in carrying untreated human excreta at dry toilets..