Come up with meaningful measures to eradicate manual scavenging, Madras HC tells TN Government
The Hindu
The High Court was hearing a plea filed by Safai Karamchari Andolan which sought increasing the compensation paid for deaths due to manual scavenging
The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed Tamil Nadu government to come up with meaningful measures to completely eradicate the practice of manual scavenging by prescribing harsh penalty against the perpetrators as a deterrent.
Chief Justice and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu called for a status report from the government within four weeks. They also impressed upon the need for a fresh enumeration of people involved in manual scavenging in the State.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.