New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed directions banning manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad- in a writ petition seeking the eradication of manual scavenging in India. In its order, it stated that in the comprehensive affidavit filed by the Union, there is "no clarity" on the eradication of manual scavenging and sewer cleaning.
"Therefore, we hereby order manual sewer cleaning and manual scavenging shall be stopped in all top metropolitan cities as follows: Metropolitan city of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad," the order passed by Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar.
The top court also direc...