A video of men lowering a dead body from a bridge after the funeral was not allowed on land of an upper-caste community sparked public uproar
Workers in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Picture: REUTERS/DANISH SIDDIQUI
In other states, Dalits sometimes have to keep their deceased relatives for several days until they can resolve where to bury or cremate them, said Lalit Babar, general secretary of the advocacy group National Federation of Dalit Land Rights. More than half the country’s lower-caste population is landless, census data shows. While several states have laws aimed at giving land to Dalits, few have done so, according to Dalit activists and leaders.
After a recent campaign by Dalit rights groups, authorities in the western state of Maharashtra have allocated small plots of land for cremation in villages with Dalit populations, he said.
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