Mangalore, November 7: In spite of manual scavenging being made illegal, an incident of a person being asked to enter a manhole for cleaning has come to light in Kankanady.
A person was asked to get into the manhole in the Kankanady-Pumpwell road for cleaning. The process was on for almost an hour, eye witnesses said.
People hailing from poor and Dalit sections are still being asked to carry out manual scavenging. Many are made to enter manholes luring them with liquor. Locals who saw the person working at the Kankanady manhole could not stand firm because of his intoxicated state, people said.
In November last year, after a person by name Kitta Koraga died while cleaning a toilet pit in Kinnigoli, the district administration set out an order making mandatory the use of machines for cleaning purposes and prohibiting manual scavenging. Later, cases of manual scavenging in manholes surfaced in Nellikai Road of Pandeshwar and Azizuddin Road in Bunder too followed by another such instance near Lady Goschen Hospital.
But no action has been taken against the culprits by the district administration and MCC and mere notices are being sent, grouse people.
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