New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued strict directions prohibiting manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six major metropolitan cities.
The directive was issued in response to a writ petition seeking the complete eradication of manual scavenging in India.
A bench, comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar, observed that the comprehensive affidavit filed by the Union government lacked "clarity" on the steps taken for eradicating manual scavenging and sewer cleaning.
"Therefore, we hereby order that manual sewer cleaning and manual scavenging shall be stopped in all top metropolitan cities, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad," the court dec...