Under the Sanitation Workers Rehabilitation Scheme, dry latrines and manual scavengers cleaning them would be surveyed in a fresh manner. Work on the survey in the State’s 48 municipalities would start from July 30. The decision was taken at a high level meeting held, on Tuesday which was presided over by the Chief Secretary, Subhash Kumar.
Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, S Raju stated that the Urban Development Department had been made the nodal centre for the task.
The committees have been formed at the State, district and qasbah level. The State level committee will conduct a survey. The committee would comprise Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, as the president, director, Social Welfare, Secretary, Urban Development, Director, Economics and Statistics, Regional Director, Census, one representative from the railways, two representatives from NGOs and two members of from the sanitation workers’ community. Similarly a committee will be formed under the District Magistrate at the district level and under the SDM at the town level.
During the meeting, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, MH Khan and Additional Secretary, PWD, Amit Negi were present along with other senior officials.