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Manual Scavenging – Stop this Shame on the Nation

15 Friday Apr 2016

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Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA) organised a demonstration in Jantar Mantar, with hundreds of manual scavengers from various parts of the country protesting against manual scavenging and demanding putting an end to it. They raised the slogan “Stop Killing Us” , citing thousands of incidents, where the scavenging workers have dies in septic tanks. (courtesy: Times of India)

Manual scavenging is a shame on India. Though Parliament has enacted law in 2003 prohibiting manual scavenging, this heinous and demeaning practice continues unabated. The system continues due to non-enforcement of law by the governments and also due to the apathy of the society in this respect.

This shame on the nation and the people of this country has to be stopped forthwith. This can be one good thing that can be done, when the entire nation is observing Ambedkar Jayanti, These workers be given alternate jobs for their living.

14th April 2016, Ambedkar Jayanti, declared as Holiday by Government

25 Friday Mar 2016

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Government of India on 21st March has issued orders declaring 14th April 2016, Birthday of Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, Architect of the Indian Constitution and also the icon of the crores of the underprivileged in the country, as holiday. We welcome the decision.

At the same time, we demand the government that instead of announcing the holiday every year just before the Ambedkar Jayanti, it should announce the same along with the other holidays, well in advance. We demand BSNL to immediately announce the holiday on 14th April 2016.