{"id":32283,"date":"2014-02-22T11:42:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T06:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32283"},"modified":"2014-02-22T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T06:12:08","slug":"legislation-failed-end-manual-scavenging-nhrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/legislation-failed-end-manual-scavenging-nhrc","title":{"rendered":"Legislation has failed to end manual scavenging: NHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/rights-panel-notice-childrens-deaths-camps\/dd-21\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31411\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rights-panel-notice-childrens-deaths-camps\/dd-21\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?fit=234%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"234,215\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?fit=150%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?fit=234%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-31411 alignright\" alt=\"dd\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd13-150x137.jpg?resize=150%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?resize=150%2C137&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?w=234&amp;ssl=1 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Legislation to end the &#8220;insidious&#8221; practice of manual scavenging has failed in India, which still has 340,000 manual scavengers &#8211; a matter of &#8220;utter shame,&#8221; National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G. Balakrishnan said Friday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In the 1993 (The Employment of Manual Scavenges and Construction Of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, manual scavenging is an offence but in the last 20 years, not a single prosecution has been laid,&#8221; Balakrishnan said at the National Conference on Manual Scavenging and Sanitation here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said the act failed to address the most &#8220;insidious&#8221; forms of manual scavenging such as cleaning manholes and septic tanks. The act did not fix responsibility of states that have made half-hearted attempts to abolish this practice, he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;There can be no justification in delay in abolishing this practice,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Total 3,40,000 people are said to be manual scavengers in a free India. It is utterly shameful for this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation to end the &#8220;insidious&#8221; practice of manual scavenging has failed in India, which still has 340,000 manual scavengers &#8211; a matter of &#8220;utter shame,&#8221; National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G. 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