March 2009, target date for rehabilitation of manual scavengers Sanitary latrines for all rural households by 2012 Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar has urged Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja to ensure that all dry latrines in rural areas are converted into water seal latrines by March 2009. That is also the target date for rehabilitation of remaining manual scavengers.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/eliminate-dry-latrines-manual-scavenging-go-meira
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/total-sanitation-campaign
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-sanitation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-housing-and-urban-poverty-alleviation
