Punjab civic bodies to declare districts “Manual Scavenger Free” by 22 Sept

Commission chairman Gejja Ram Valmiki informed that in a letter dated 3 September, the commission had expressed concern over the violations of "The Prevention of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013" at some places and asked to clean sewers from only those sewer men of Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats, equipped with full safety gears, besides ensuring strict compliance of the Act.