339 folks died whereas cleansing sewers, septic tanks in final 5 years: Centre

Manual scavenging is a banned observe below the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act, 2013.

NEW DELHI:  As many as 339 folks have died whereas cleansing sewers and septic tanks in India within the final 5 years, in keeping with authorities knowledge.

Responding to a query in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale mentioned 9 such deaths had been recorded in 2023, 66 in 2022, 58 in 2021, 22 in 2020, 117 in 2019 and 67 deaths in 2018.

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Manual scavenging is a banned observe below the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act, 2013.

The Act bans using any particular person for manually cleansing, carrying, disposing of or in any other case dealing with, in any method, human excreta until its disposal.

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