State Ministers' Conference on Manual Scavenging Shri Gehlot calls for Time-Bound Elimination of Manual Scavenging

The Prime Minister launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on 2nd October, 2014, which among other things, also lays emphasis on elimination of insanitary latrines and mechanised cleaning of sewers and septic tanks. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (MS Act, 2013) prohibits insanitary latrines, employment as manual scavengers and hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.