As usual Cricket, AK and Modi dominate Social Media. How many of us cared to note that Indias Supreme Court came up with a very important verdict yesterday? Deprecating the practice of manually removing night soil with bare hands, brooms or metal scrappers, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the States to abolish manual scavenging and take steps for rehabilitation of such workers, reports English daily, The Hindu. Court: “Manual scavengers are considered as untouchables by other mainstream castes and are thrown into a vortex of severe social and economic exploitation. Dry latrines have not only continued to exist till date in several States, but have increased to 96 lakh and are still being cleaned manually by scavengers belonging to the Scheduled Castes.” The court ordered that if the practice of manual scavenging has to be brought to a close, certain measures had to be taken. The court ordered the payment of Rs 10 lakh to the family of those who died cleaning sewers since 1993. The court also asked for the provision of residential plots or a flat to the deceaseds family and scholarship to the children. While also asking all states to implement the new 2013 law, prohibiting manual scavenging entirely.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:54:36 +0000
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