Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his official 7, Race Course Road residence in New Delhi on Monday, said he has been assured by the latter that the government would take steps against manual scavengers.
"I met the Prime Minister on the issue of manual scavenging. I had gone with a humble request that this custom, which is being practiced in our country, should be abolished. The Prime Minister has assured me that he will pay special attention on this," said Aamir.
Aamir also met Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik to highlight the concerns of manual scavengers engaged in cleaning human excreta.
"And he (Prime Minister) sent me to Mukulji and he assured me that his ministry is taking up this issue very seriously and working on it for the past several months. And not only his ministry, but the PMO will also pay special emphasis on this issue," he added.
Wasnik on his part said that the National Advisory Council and the Prime Minister had taken up this
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