New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has asked the government to expedite the release of compensation to the next of kin of 74 people who died due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, but has not yet been paid following Supreme Court guidelines . .
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The apex court ruled in 2014 that since 1993, each victim's family should receive Rs 10 lakh as compensation. But as activists have pointed out, achieving this requires overcoming a mountain of bureaucratic hurdles. The parliamentary panel is right in expressing concern over the delay in payment of compensation for sewer and septic tank deaths. The authorities should ensure that once the genuineness of the case is established, the process of getting compensation is simple and speedy.
According to data shared with the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment, a total of 1,035 workers have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks, of whom 74 have been paid compensation despite a March 2014 Supreme Court ruling. is yet to be passed, wherein it was directed that the State Governments and Union Territories should ensure payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh. Victim's family in laborer's death case.
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