Guidelines on manual scavenging violated more than being followed: Allahabad HC
Coming down heavily on civic authorities in Uttar Pradesh while hearing a suo motu PIL regarding manual scavenging, the Allahabad High Court observed, “The guidelines are being violated more than being followed.” The court had taken suo motu cognisance of a newspaper report published on May 24, which said the city's drains were being cleaned by sanitation workers - deployed by the civic body and contractors - without any protective gear. A Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J.J Munir had on July 25 sought a report from Member Secretaries of the District Legal Services Authority in the State, over the manner in which drains are being cleaned in different cities of U.P., to ensure that the guidelines issued by the Government of India and various other authorities are being followed. “The report sought from the districts was produced in court and a perusal of some of the photographs shows that the guidelines are being violated more than they are being followed. Copy of the report has been handed over to the learned counsel for the State and counsel for the Nagar Nigam, Prayagraj to enable them to respond to the facts stated in the report,” said the court.
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