Explained: Why emergency response units are needed to ensure safety of sanitation workers | Explained News,The Indian Express

Explained: Why emergency response units are needed to ensure safety of sanitation workers | Explained News,The Indian Express

Explained: Why emergency response units are needed to ensure safety of sanitation workers

Written by Ajay Jadhav | Pune | Updated: February 9, 2020 at 2:56 am

The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act came into force in 2013. The law prohibits employing manual scavengers, manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without protective equipment and construction of insanitary latrines.