Expressing its strong displeasure over the non-compliance with its earlier orders, the Supreme Court on Wednesday banned manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities.”We are fed up with passing orders that are not complied with. Either do it or face the consequences,” said a two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and including Justice Aravind Kumar.The apex court, after going through the comprehensive affidavit filed by the Union, said there is “no clarity” on the eradication of manual scavenging and sewer cleaning.”Therefore, we hereby order manual sewer cleaning and manual scavenging shall be stopped in the metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad,” the top court said.
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