“Scheduled caste members have very limited access to health facilities.... Village health facilities often refuse to serve members of the scheduled castes.” lower caste Hindu groups in Mirphurkhas were extremely unwilling to criticize their worsening situation and grateful that they were not kicked off the land all together (Pesticide Action Network Asia & the Pacific, 2012:10). Others were not so lucky. A Meghwar village was forcefully evacuated for an intended residential development. Since Al-Dahra has entered the picture, about 100-150 Meghwar and Kolhi families were moved because their homes were on land that is part of the lease agreement (Pesticide Action Network Asia & the Pacific, 2012:16). Caste Based Discrimination Meghwars, Kohlis and Bheels reside mostly in rural areas. There are disputes about the size of the population of the scheduled castes, with official statistics limiting their number to about 300,000 out of the Hindu population of about 2 million. Scheduled caste members claim that they comprise the majority of Pakistan’s Hindu population. Census data inquires about religion but does not clearly ask about caste affiliation, so it is not reliable in this regard. Estimates suggest that 70-90% of Hindus in Pakistan belong to scheduled caste communities. If this is true and census data is inaccurate, then marginalization of scheduled 92 caste members begins from here. Development schemes and quotas for employment are skewed against them (Shah, 2007:17). Scheduled caste members have very limited access to health facilities. Thus, rates of tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C are high, as well as infant mortality and malnutrition. Village health facilities often refuse to serve members of the scheduled castes. Women are forced to turn to midwives of their same caste when giving birth (Shah, 2007:32) The literacy rate of scheduled caste members is appallingly low: 74% are illiterate, 15% have completed primary school, 4% have completed matriculate, and 1% are graduates (Shah, 2007: 30). Education is constrained by lack of schools and teachers (Shah, 2007:59). Malnutrition and discrimination restricts education further. Children are more likely to be beaten in school. They are expected to sit in the back of the classrooms and are made to clean schools (Shah, 2007:39). Curriculums are also discriminatory with an anti-Hindu bias (Shah, 2007:60). Shelter is also severely lacking. Their houses are without toilets, sewage, running water or electricity. Portable drinking water is not available. Their housing communities are separate and often located on the outer perimeters of the village (Shah, 2007:32,34). There are severe enforcements against intercaste marriage. Scheduled caste members were even being denied relief provisions after natural calamities (Shah, 2007:33). They are excluded from the political structure of the state. They are not mentioned in political party manifestos. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and the Medium Term Development Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)