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Manual Scavenging

    Home Topics Manual Scavenging
    In India, it is illegal to employ people as manual scavengers to clean insanitary latrines as well as to clean sewers and septic tanks without protective gear or construct insanitary latrines. It is also illegal to not demolish or convert insanitary latrines within a certain period of The Prohibition Of Employment As Manual Scavengers And Their Rehabilitation Act of 2013 coming into force.

    Manual Scavenger

    By Malavika Rajkumar | 0 comment
    Any person who has been employed to handle undecomposed human waste from an insanitary latrine, open drain or pit or railway track is a manual scavenger. The person could have been employed by anyone
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    Building an Insanitary Latrine

    By Malavika Rajkumar | 0 comment
    It is unlawful and an offence under the Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 for any person, municipality, panchayat or agency to build an insanitary latrine that requires human waste
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    Demolishing or Converting an Insanitary Latrine

    By Malavika Rajkumar | 0 comment
    The person who occupies the property on which an 'insanitary latrine' exists is required to demolish or convert it. If there was more than one person who owns the property on which the insanitary latr
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    Employing a Manual Scavenger

    By Malavika Rajkumar | 0 comment
    Employing a manual scavenger is illegal in India. People who do so face the following repercussions.Employing someone as a manual scavengerIf you have committed the offence for the first time, then th
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    Cleaning Sewers by Manual Scavengers

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    It is unlawful for anyone (including municipalities and panchayats) to employ any person for the cleaning of a sewer or a septic tank without the necessary protective gear. Anyone who employs a person
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    Offence of Manual Scavenging Committed by Company

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    When a company commits the offence of manual scavenging, not only will it be considered guilty of the crime, but so will any employees of that company who allowed the offence to take place. This can i
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    Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers

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    Both in an urban and rural area, if the officers of the Municipality or the Panchayat believe that Manual Scavenging may be taking place in their area of control, in such a case, a survey is done and
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    Filing Complaints for Safai Karmacharis

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    If you notice or are made aware of instances where laws for safai karamcharis are not followed, you can file a complaint to the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK). You can visit their we
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    What happens to manual scavengers who have signed an agreement of employment?
    ResolvedAvatarMalavika Rajkumar answered 1 year ago • Manual Scavenging
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    If someone has been excluded from the survey process by a Muncipality, does he/she still have the chance to be identified as a manual scavenger?
    ResolvedAvatarMalavika Rajkumar answered 1 year ago • Manual Scavenging
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    Can the government exercise any investigative powers under this law to find out who employs and maintains insanitary latrines, under the law on manual scavenging?
    ResolvedAvatarMalavika Rajkumar answered 1 year ago • Manual Scavenging
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    Are the toilets in trains insanitary latrines, under the law on manual scavenging?
    ResolvedAdrija JayanthyAdrija Jayanthy answered 1 year ago • Manual Scavenging
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    Can a company be punished in connection with manual scavenging?
    ResolvedAvatarMalavika Rajkumar answered 1 year ago • Manual Scavenging
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