Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar

• According to Government data, 500 cities across India have declared themselves as ‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar’. 

• All the cities have achieved sufficiency in terms of institutional capacity, equipment norms and manpower as provided by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

• All the cities are now providing safe working conditions for Safai Mitras.

• The “Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar” declaration is in line with goal of promoting sustainable sanitation practices under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.

• This move will act as catalyst in transforming every ‘manhole’ into a ‘machine hole’. This, it will help in eliminating manual scavenging.