Lok Sabha Question No. 1623 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Construction of Houses in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1623 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 29, 2021

## DEATH DUE TO SEWER CLEANING

No. 1623. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of State for HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)whether it is a fact that workers working in urban bodies across the country have died during sewer cleaning during the last five years;
- b) if so, total number workers died during above period, year
- the of and State-wise;
- C)
- whether the Government has formulated any concrete new plan to check manual cleaning of sewers and if SO, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to provide modern equipment, training and uniforms to the workers engaged in sewer cleaning, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) and (b) As on date, 309 sanitary workers have died during sewer and septic tank cleaning during the last five years. The Statesl Union Territory (UT) Administration wise details are placed at Annexure-I:
- (c) and (d) The following programmes are implemented for the workers
- engaged in sewerlseptic tank cleaning operations :

- Under Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers (SRMS) Capital Subsidy upto Rs. 5.00 Iakh is provided to manual scavengers, sanitation workers and their dependants for sanitation related self employment projects:
- National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) organizes workshops for officers, engineers, sanitary inspectors, supervisors, sanitation workers and contractors etc. on hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks:

NSKFDC conducts short duration Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)  training programmes for sanitation workers wherein they are trained in mechanized cleaning and safe & healthy cleaning practices:

- (iv) Under Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY), NSKFDC provides concessional Ioan to the Urban Local Bodies etc. for procurement of sanitation related equipmentsl machinesl vehicles:

Details of State-wise coverage under the above programmes are at Annexure-II.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge across 246 cities (Municipal Corporation; State Capitals and Smart Cities) to motivate Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for  prevention of sewer and septic tanks and promote mechanized cleaning through (i) assigning dedicated helpline (14420) for sewerl septic tank complaints; training to informal workers; (iii) inclusion of modern equipments for procurement through GeM; and (iv) providing designs of uniforms of the sanitary workers etc.

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Annexure-| as referred to in reply to Part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1623 due for reply on 29.07.2021

| S.No.   | Name of StatelUt   | Total No. of death   | Total No. of death   | Total No. of death   | Total No. of death   | Total No. of death   |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|         |                    | 2017                 | 2018                 | 2019                 | 2020                 | 2021                 |
|         | Andhra Pradesh     | 2                    |                      | 2                    |                      |                      |
| 2       | Bihar              | 2                    |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 3       | Chhatisgarh        |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 4       | Chandigarh         | 3                    |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 5       | Delhi              | 13                   | 11                   | 12                   | 4                    | 3                    |
|         | Goa                |                      | 0                    | 0                    |                      |                      |
|         | Gujarat            |                      | 2                    | 16                   |                      |                      |
| 8       | Haryana            | 11                   | 6                    | 14                   |                      |                      |
| 9       | Karnataka          |                      | 9                    |                      |                      | 5                    |
| 10      | Kerala             |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 11      | Maharashtra        | 4                    |                      | 15                   | 4                    |                      |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh     |                      |                      | 0                    |                      |                      |
| 13      | Punjab             | 10                   | 2                    | 3                    |                      |                      |
| 14      | Rajasthan          | 6                    | 2                    | 5                    |                      |                      |
| 15      | Tamil Nadu         |                      | 9                    | 13                   |                      | 5                    |
| 16      | Telangana          |                      | 2                    |                      |                      |                      |
| 17      | Tripura            |                      | 0                    |                      |                      |                      |
| 18      | Uttar Pradesh      |                      | 11                   |                      |                      |                      |
| 19      | West Bengal        | 7                    |                      | 6                    |                      |                      |
|         | Total              | 88                   | 71                   | 118                  | 19                   | 13                   |

## Annexure-II as referred to in reply to Part (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1623 due for reply on 29.07.2021

| S. No.   | State            | No. of Safai karamchairs Trained under RPL (Started 2017-18)   | of Workshops organised (Started 2017-18)   | No. of Related provided Subsidy 2020-21)   | Sanitation Projects Capital (Started   | No. of Sanitation Related Projects provided concessional Ioan under SUY (Started 2019-20)   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | A&N Islands      | 0                                                              |                                            | 3                                          |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh   | 516                                                            | 31                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 3        | Assam            | 162                                                            | 34                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 4        | Bihar            | 1,003                                                          | 18                                         |                                            |                                        | 21                                                                                          |
| 5        | Chandigarh       | 0                                                              |                                            |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh     | 386                                                            | 10                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
|          | Delhi            | 1,302                                                          | 6                                          |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 8        | Gujarat          | 1,031                                                          | 45                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
|          | Haryana          | 1,014                                                          | 50                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh | 39                                                             | 27                                         | 0                                          |                                        | 2                                                                                           |
| 11       | J&k              | 597                                                            | 56                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 12       | Jharkhand        | 244                                                            | 57                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 13       | Karnataka        | 772                                                            | 6                                          |                                            |                                        | 8                                                                                           |
| 14       | Kerala           | 0                                                              | 19                                         |                                            |                                        | 0                                                                                           |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh   | 1,948                                                          | 33                                         |                                            | 3                                      | 131                                                                                         |
| 16       | Maharashtra      | 2,859                                                          | 49                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 17       | Meghalaya        |                                                                | 3                                          |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 18       | Nagaland         |                                                                | 7                                          |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 20       |                  |                                                                |                                            |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
|          | Rajasthan        | 1,775                                                          | 50                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 22       | Sikkim           | 0                                                              | 2                                          |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu       | 885                                                            | 93                                         | 0                                          |                                        | 0                                                                                           |
| 24       | Telangana        | 741                                                            | 2                                          | 0                                          |                                        | 76                                                                                          |
| 25       | Tripura          | 172                                                            |                                            | 0                                          |                                        | 0                                                                                           |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh    | 3,704                                                          | 114                                        | 2                                          |                                        | 4                                                                                           |
| 27       | Uttarakhand      |                                                                | 8                                          |                                            |                                        | 56                                                                                          |
| 28       | West Bengal      | 817                                                            | 27                                         |                                            |                                        |                                                                                             |
|          | TOTAL            | 21,308                                                         | 804                                        | 28                                         |                                        | 296                                                                                         |