Mokokchung, August 3 (MTNews): As per the Prevention of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act (PEMSRA) 2013, the Governor of Nagaland has ordered the establishment of Responsible Sanitation Authorities (RSAs) and Sanitation Response Units (SRUs) at the district level in the state to eliminate hazardous manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
Terms of reference for the roles of Responsible Sanitation Authorities (RSA), Sanitation Response Units (SRU), and norms of SRU for various categories of cities, as well as the composition of SRU and the duties and responsibilities of various Personnel of SRU, were also announced in the notification from the Urban Development Department, Government of Nagaland.