Manual scavengers' plea goes down drain
Chennai: Call it hushing up of the whole issue or the indirect promotion of manual scavenging. More than 3,000 manual scavengers from various districts of Tamil Nadu are waiting in hope to sign up the self-declaration forms and receive government’s lumpsum dole of Rs 40,000 and a monthly pension of Rs 7,000, in return for their pledge, said Samuel Velanganni, State convener, Safai Karmachiari Andolan movement. A total of 15 manual scavengers from Kannagi Nagar found no hope, despite visiting many offices – ranging from the Sholinganallur zonal office to the Ripon Buildings, the city corporation since a month. The municipal administration and water supply department and the social reforms department in the state are least bothered to comply with norms of the prohibition of manual scavenging Act, 2013, say activists. Requests ignored A social worker from Kannagi Nagar, K. Sathish, had sensitised five scavengers who gave up the profession through submitting the forms in the Sholinganallur zonal offices.
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