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STAFF WRITER 16:50 HRS IST
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) A huge majority of the sanitation workers in the national capital are unaware of existence of the laws to stop manual scavenging and prevent atrocities on Scheduled Castes, a latest survey has showed.
The study, conducted by a team of city based think tank Indian Social Institute, found that 97 per cent of the 'safai karamcharies' in Delhi do not know about the 1993 Act that prohibits employment of manual scavengers.
It also revealed that though nearly all of the over 50,000 sanitation workers belong to the Dalit community, 88 per cent of them were unaware of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which was enacted way back in 1989.
The lack of awareness about these crucial legislations make the sanitation workers open to exploitation, social activists and experts said.
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