India: Rights of Manual Scavengers

The Indian National Human Rights Commission NHRC organises an open house discussion on ‘Dignity and Liberty of the Individuals – Rights of Manual Scavengers’. NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice Shri V. Ramasubramanian expresses concern over the continued incidents of deaths of sanitation workers despite the legal provisions to eradicate manual cleaning of sewage and hazardous waste. He emphasises the need for running a pilot project using technology/ robots for cleaning sewer lines and septic tanks, to begin with one state for subsequent replication in other parts of the country.

NHRC, India Secretary General Shri Bharat Lal says, the Commission is following up on the implementation of mechanized cleaning processes by various states. Among various suggestions, transparency stressed in manual scavenging data and sewer death reporting, budget analysis and awareness campaigns under SBM and NAMASTE schemes.

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