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Call to Ban Manual Scavenging
A person named Shreelekha PS from Secunderabad is asking the media and the United Nations to help stop manual scavenging.
This is when people have to clean up waste by hand, which is very unfair and dangerous.
She says we should use robots and other machines instead.
She also wants the government to find other jobs for the people who do this work so they can live with respect.
Shreelekha PS calls for a complete ban on manual scavenging.
Proposes using technology like robots and suction pumps for scavenging.
Requests media and UN to propagate the use of technological aids.
Demands alternative livelihood options for manual scavengers.
Civic authorities worldwide urged to stop manual scavenging immediately.
- Who
- Shreelekha PS
- What
- Call to ban manual scavenging
- Where
- Secunderabad
- When
- Not specified
- Why
- To end inhuman practice and provide dignity to laborers
Key facts
- Issue
- Manual scavenging
- Proposed Solution
- Use of technology and alternative livelihoods
- Request to
- Media and UN
- Author
- Shreelekha PS
- Location
- Secunderabad
Quotes
Shreelekha PS
Activist from Boudhnagar, Secunderabad
“We must completely stop the inhuman and devilish practice of manual scavenging and help the poor labourers involved in it to live with dignity by finding them alternative livelihood options.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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