The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) on Monday recommended that a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each should be provided to the kin of both the workers, who died in manhole while cleaning the sewer line in Shivpuri.
The Commission has forwarded the copy of the recommendation to the Principal Secretary of Urban Development Department’s. Commission has stated in its recommendation that the city administration by not providing the right instruments to the deceased sanitation employees Kalla and Raju, violated the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013’.
Commission has recommended that the government should provide the compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of both the scavengers within a month under the section- 18 (C) of the Human Rights Preservation Act, 1993.
Commission has stated that the instruments and safety equipments, which are mentioned in Sections 4 and 5 of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Rehabilitation Act, 2013’ should be provided to all the municipalities.
Copies of the Scavengers’ Act 2013 should be provided to the chief municipal officers, commissioners and to the chief executive engineers of the public health
engineering department while training of two months regarding the provisions of the act should also be imparted to the officials.
Commission wanted that the recommendations should be followed within two months and the scavengers’ act should be strictly followed in the State in order to prevent the death of
scavengers. Notably, 44 sorts of safety gear should be provided to the every scavenger according to the scavengers’ act, 2013.