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Background: Hon’ble Lt. Governor convened a meeting on 21.08.2017 taking cognizance of many deaths of sewer workers in Delhi. Hon’ble Lt. Governor expressed concerns on lack of awareness about mandatory actions that are needed to carry out cleaning, removing blockage of drains, septic tanks, sewers etc. under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act - 2013, “PEMS Act-2013” annexed as Annexure -1. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter WP(C) 583/2003 has also given judgment in this regard which is annexed as Annexure-2. Hon’ble Lt. Governor constituted a three members committee comprising of Chief Executive Officer (Delhi Jal Board), Commissioner (South Delhi Municipal Corporation) and Chairman (New Delhi Municipal Council). Detailed deliberations were held and; thereafter, detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) have been formulated which are enumerated herein below for implementation as per provisions of PEMS Act – 2013 and General Safety Measures of worker engaged in cleaning, removal of blockage in drain, sewer, septic tanks etc. within the jurisdiction of Govt. of NCT of Delhi. 28 DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY PART IV]