BHOPAL: Union minister for Panchayat and Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that the Centre will soon formulate a law to prosecute users of dry toilets. They could even be sent to jail.
Jairam Ramesh was in here in the Madhya Pradesh capital to address a rally organised for the eradication of manual scavenging. A large gathering of women from across the country who have left manual scavenging as a source of livelihood with the assistance of self-help groups started a march from Bhopal to New Delhi on Friday afternoon. The march named the Maila Mukti Yatra under the Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan (National Campaign for Dignity and Eradication of Manual Scavenging) will cover 200 districts through 18 states and reach New Delhi on January 31.
According to the 2011 census, there are still 26 lakh dry toilets in the country. Forty per cent of these are in the rural areas while 60% are in urban India. Every state government and the Centre keep appearing before the Supreme Court to claim total eradication of manual scavenging. But the truth is there are still two to three lakh families in the country who continue to work as manual scavengers. It is unlawful and we are concerned,'' Jairam Ramesh said.
The Union minister told the gathering that women self-help groups that work towards eradication of manual scavenging of dry toilets will be given priority under the National Rural Livelihood Mission. Such self-help groups will be provided bank loans and necessary training. He said it will take another decade for the country to be rid of the practice of open-area defecation. Some states have successfully overcome the problem.
Ramesh said that Sikkim was the first state of the country where practice of open-area defecation was eradicated followed by Kerala, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The minister for rural development informed that Rs 1500 crore will be utilised to convert dry toilets into flush lavatories under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. Ramesh said that India has made unprecedented progress in all sectors but it is unfortunate that 60% women still defecate in the open.
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