State data on atrocities against SC/ST has discrepancies: Wasnik
Express News Service Posted online: Sunday , Feb 07, 2010 at 0241 hrs
Gandhinagar : Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul
Wasnik said on Saturday that discrepancies have been found in the
records maintained by the Gujarat government and the Central
government related to atrocities registered against the members of
Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes(ST) in the state.
After his meeting with the state officials in Gandhinagar on Saturday,
the minister said while addressing mediapersons that the Central
government would crosscheck the data with the state government.
He added: "We have observed that figures of atrocities registered
against the SC/ST persons in the state vary with our records. We are
doing a tally with the government and finding out the reasons behind
it."
Contrasting the Gujarat government's claim of having no manual
scavengers in the state, the Union Minister said scavengers from
Gujarat were rehabilitated through various self-employment programmes.
Wasnik revealed that nearly 149 manual scavengers out of 8,740 (as per
the state government data) are yet to be rehabilitated under the
scheme.
Wasnik told The Sunday Express that as the instances of manhole
workers' deaths were reported in the state, the Centre has asked the
state government to provide social security to workers.
He said: "A Central committee has also spoken to Mallikarjun Kharge,
the Minister of Labour and Employment, to look into the death of
manhole workers. As for manual scavenging, the state needs to look
into the matter deeply."
Wasnik, who is also a member of the special committee set up by the
Centre to work on the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the
Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, came up with some solutions to the
problems faced by sanitation workers in Gujarat.
He said the state government has been asked to update workers' details
including their number, education, work profile, income and death on
the social justice and empowerment department's website.
According to Wasnik, the Central government is working to start a
toll-free number for the workers of the backward communities to
address their problems. The government would also introduce subjects
of civil rights and atrocities against backward communities for public
service examinations and train the workers on the laws related to
them.
The committee members including Wasnik and Additional Secretary of
Social Justice and Empowerment Sangita Gairola
appealed to the state government to sensitise policemen and civil
servants towards the atrocities against the backward class workers.
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