Top Law News Legislation has failed to end manual scavenging: NHRC February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Legislation to end the “insidious” practice of manual scavenging has failed in India, which still has 340,000 manual scavengers – a matter of “utter shame,” National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G. Balakrishnan said Friday. “In the 1993 (The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, manual scavenging is an offence but […] Read more ยป National Human Rights Commission news NHRC NHRC chairman K.G. Balakrishnan The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines Act todays news todays top news Top news