Mysuru: The Executive Engineer of Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC’s) Water Supply and UGD Division has banned pourakarmikas from getting into septic tanks and manholes for cleaning them without using safety gears as per the Supreme Court order and Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
In a press release, the Executive Engineer has further stated that the MCC had banned manual scavenging in 2011 and as an alternative step, machines were being used for the maintenance of UGD system.
