Section 33
Duty of local authorities and other agencies to use modern technology for cleaning of sewers, etc.
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
About this Act
An Act to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority and other agency to use
appropriatetechnological appliances for cleaning of sewers, septic tanks and other spaces within
theircontrol with a view to eliminating the need for the manual handling of excreta in the processof their
cleaning.
(2) It shall be the duty of the appropriate Government to promote, through financialassistance, incentives and otherwise, the use of modern technology, as mentioned in sub-section(1).
(2) It shall be the duty of the appropriate Government to promote, through financialassistance, incentives and otherwise, the use of modern technology, as mentioned in sub-section(1).