About 1.8 Lakh households in India earn their livelihood (per SECC data) by manually cleaning human excreta from houses not connected to sewerage lines.
We would like to seek your inputs on how through building toilets, technology, process and monitoring, manual scavenging can be abolished.
FYI..Though the parliament had enacted an act in 1993 banning manual scavenging of household toilets along with a year's jain and a fine of Rs 2000 for anyone engaging manual scavengers, not a single person was prosecuted. In 2013, the definition was widened to include manual removal of excreta from sewers and railway tracks and punishment was increased to 5 years in jail.
We look forward to your inputs!
Swachh Bharat Mission
It's an age old issue. Though centre has given a mandate for sates to submit list of manual scavengers, no one turned-up . But reported that their states are manual scavengers free, even though its a day light practice. Thus put lid to the opportunities of poor people to be rehabilitated. Many elite village leaders are reluctant to abolish this practice being these recalcitrant authorities need them to take - away their excreta, otherwise they may lock poor citizens with their iron fist. We would like to seek your inputs on how through building toilets, technology, process and monitoring, manual scavenging can be abolished.
FYI..Though the parliament had enacted an act in 1993 banning manual scavenging of household toilets along with a year's jain and a fine of Rs 2000 for anyone engaging manual scavengers, not a single person was prosecuted. In 2013, the definition was widened to include manual removal of excreta from sewers and railway tracks and punishment was increased to 5 years in jail.
We look forward to your inputs!
Swachh Bharat Mission
Without any second thought, it's shame to our executives who failed to suppress this social evil, considering, not a single person has been prosecuted as per the act in 1993 banning manual scavenging of household toilets .
Time has come give way for privatization in social schemes, being our government and politicians failed in certain issues consistently. Why don't we discuss about privatising implementation of social schemes - a result -oriented and time - bound basis?
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