Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar, resumed its hearing of a Public Interest Litigation on the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. At the outset, Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, placed before the Bench several relevant documents, including the surveys carried out concerning the manual scavengers. It states: “hazardous cleaning” by an employee, in relation to a sewer or septic tank, means its manual cleaning by such employee without the employer fulfilling his obligations to provide protective gear and other cleaning devices and ensuring observance of safety precautions, as may be prescribed or provided in any other law, for the time being in force or rules made thereunder;." So, in that sense it truly carries the Act's intent.” It is worth mentioning that during the proceedings, Justice Bhat also pointed out the news of the death of Sulabh International founder and social activist Bindeshwar Pathak that took place yesterday.