Nagaland Governor orders establishment of RSA and SRU

Dimapur, Aug. 3 (EMN): In a partial modification to a notification dated July 27 to eliminate hazardous manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks as per the ‘Prevention of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act (PEMSRA) 2013,’ Nagaland Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi has ordered the establishment of Responsible Sanitation Authorities (RSAs) and Sanitation Response Units (SRUs) at the district-level in the state.

The notification of the Urban Development department further notified the terms of reference for the role of Responsible Sanitation Authorities (RSA), Sanitation Response Units (SRU), norms of SRU for different categories of cities, the composition of SRU, and duties and responsibilities of various personnel of SRU.