It was launched by the Ministry of Urban Affairs for ensuring that no person needs to enter septic or sewer tanks.
The challenge aims to ensure that no life of septic tank or sewer cleaner is lost during cleaning.
The Ministry of Social Justice will be amending the law Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act for making machine cleaning mandatory.
It is also proposed to replace the word manhole with machine hole in an official usage.
State governments took a pledge of mechanising all septic and sewer tanks cleaning operations by April 31, 2021.
In 1993, the employment of manual scavengers was prohibited in India.