New Delhi, July 6,2023: The ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on Wednesday held the eighth meeting of the Central Monitoring Committee to review the implementation of the “Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Rehabilitation Act.
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, chaired the meeting held at Dr Ambedkar International Centre here.
During the review meeting discussions were held on the mobile app “Swachhata Abhiyaan” to capture the data of insanitary still existing and manual scavengers associated with them. The app can be downloaded free from the Play Store, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment communiqué said.
The Committee noted that anyone can upload information about instances of insanitary existence of insanitary or practice of manual scavenging. The Committee noted with satisfaction that every alleged such instance uploaded on the App over the past three years has been individually investigated and no evidence of the existence of any insanitary or manual scavenging were found, the statement said.
All states and districts have been requested to declare their district free from manual scavenging.
As on date, such confirmation from 520 out of 766 districts in the country has already been received.
The Committee suggested following up with the remaining districts, it said.
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