Supreme Court Directions on Eradication of Manual Scavenging
On 20th October, 2023, expressing profound concern over the rising number of deaths during manual cleaning of sewers, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the Central and State Governments to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging entirely.
- The Court also pointed out that the major short-coming in the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
- It said that the State and the Central Governments have not even constituted the institutions that are required to implement the Act.
SC Directions
Complete Eradication
- Union should take appropriate measures and frame policies, and issue directions, to all ....
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