Manual Scavenging: Madras High Court Directs State To Submit Report On Compensation Paid And Rehabilitation Measures Taken In Four Weeks
3 years, 3 months ago

Manual Scavenging: Madras High Court Directs State To Submit Report On Compensation Paid And Rehabilitation Measures Taken In Four Weeks

Live Law  

Today, Madras High Court has directed the state to submit a report detailing i) the quantum of compensation paid to the families of deceased manual scavengers so far, and ii) rehabilitation measures undertaken for the benefit of family members of those manual scavengers. The court was hearing a batch of petitions preferred seeking directions to ensure the eradication of manual scavenging along with increasing the quantum of compensation and ensuring rehabilitation measures for the families of deceased persons. Additionally, it was also submitted that the state requires six weeks' time to arrive at a decision about the quantum of compensation payable to families of deceased manual scavengers. Advocate Srinath Sridevan also informed the court that the Government has not been serious in prosecuting those who have been named in the FIRs registered for employing manual scavengers.

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SC calls for immediate end to manual scavenging in metro cities
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC calls for immediate end to manual scavenging in metro cities

Hindustan Times  

Manual scavenging in major metropolitan cities must immediately stop, the Supreme Court directed on Wednesday, drawing the line for municipal commissioners and chief executive officers of six major cosmopolitan cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to comply with this order upfront and report compliance in two weeks. Picking up the metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, the …

SC orders a stop on manual scavenging in six metros
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC orders a stop on manual scavenging in six metros

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a complete stop to the practice of manual scavenging and hazardous manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks in top metros across the country. “We hereby order manual sewer cleaning and manual scavenging shall be stopped in all top metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad,” a Special Bench of Justices …

'We Will Go To Any Extent': Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At Govts Not Implementing Directions To Eradicate Manual Scavenging
3 months, 1 week ago

'We Will Go To Any Extent': Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At Govts Not Implementing Directions To Eradicate Manual Scavenging

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on December 11 orally expressed that "it will go to any extent" to make sure the Court's order is complied with while hearing a Public Interest Litigation praying that the major provisions of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, 1993 as well as the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their …

92% of workers cleaning urban sewers, septic tanks are from SC, ST, OBC groups
5 months, 3 weeks ago

92% of workers cleaning urban sewers, septic tanks are from SC, ST, OBC groups

The Hindu  

In a first-of-its-kind attempt to enumerate people engaged in the hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks in India’s cities and towns, government data gathered from over 3,000 urban local bodies in 29 States and Union Territories shows that 91.9% of the 38,000 workers profiled so far belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or other backward class communities. Between 2019 …

Madurai HC orders status report on manual scavenger rehabilitation
7 months, 1 week ago

Madurai HC orders status report on manual scavenger rehabilitation

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Virudhunagar district collector and the Madurai corporation commissioner to file a status report on a petition seeking the rehabilitation of manual scavengers. The petition was filed by advocate A. Sahaya Philomin Raj, who argued that despite the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, …

Manual Scavenging Is State Sanctioned Casteism, Stark Reminder Of Deep-Rooted Discrimination: Madras HC Issues Guidelines For Eradication
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Manual Scavenging Is State Sanctioned Casteism, Stark Reminder Of Deep-Rooted Discrimination: Madras HC Issues Guidelines For Eradication

Live Law  

Lamenting over the persistence of manual scavenging in today's day and age, the Madras High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to eradicate manual scavenging and to ensure compliance with the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The court was hearing a plea by Safai Karamchari Andolan seeking to eradicate manual scavenging in the …

Ensure Effective Implementation Of Law Against Manual Scavenging: Bombay High Court To State
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ensure Effective Implementation Of Law Against Manual Scavenging: Bombay High Court To State

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently called for information from the Municipal Corporations of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, and Mira-Bhayander on steps taken for effective implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The reply affidavit must state whether State Monitoring Committee, Vigilance Committees, State Level Survey Committee, District Level Survey Committee and Sub Divisional …

Complaint against engaging persons for manual scavenging has to be made before the judicial magistrate, not before police: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Complaint against engaging persons for manual scavenging has to be made before the judicial magistrate, not before police: Karnataka High Court

The Hindu  

The complaints against employing or engaging persons for manual scavenging, contrary to the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, will have to be made before the jurisdictional judicial magistrate and not before the police, said the High Court of Karnataka. The complaint is required to be made to the magistrate,” the High …

SC orders govt to pay ₹30 lakh to families of those who die cleaning sewer
1 year, 5 months ago

SC orders govt to pay ₹30 lakh to families of those who die cleaning sewer

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday said that government authorities will have to pay ₹30 lakh as compensation to the kin of those who die while cleaning sewers, PTI reported. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar also said that those who suffer permanent disabilities while cleaning sewers will be paid a minimum compensation of ₹20 …

Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre
1 year, 7 months ago

Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar, resumed its hearing of a Public Interest Litigation on the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. At the outset, Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, placed before the Bench several relevant documents, including the surveys …

Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging
1 year, 7 months ago

Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging

The Hindu  

Data on the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s mobile app ‘Swachhata Abhiyaan’ identifies 6,253 cases of manual scavenging in the country. A note prepared for the Ministry in the Supreme Court said the mobile app was launched on December 24, 2020 to capture the data of insanitary latrines still existing and manual scavengers associated with them. Uploaded photographs on …

Manual scavenging witnessed in Coimbatore a day after Union Social Justice Ministry said all Tamil Nadu districts free from the practice
1 year, 7 months ago

Manual scavenging witnessed in Coimbatore a day after Union Social Justice Ministry said all Tamil Nadu districts free from the practice

The Hindu  

A day after the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said that 530 out of 766 districts in the country have reported themselves as free of manual scavenging, including all the districts in Tamil Nadu, workers were found engaged in manual scavenging in Coimbatore on Thursday. “It was painful to see the man standing inside the clogged manhole and clearing …

530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre
1 year, 7 months ago

530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre

The Hindu  

Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand are among the States and Union Territories that have the highest number of districts yet to declare themselves as manual scavenging free, according to data submitted by the Social Justice Ministry in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The Ministry said that a total of 530 districts across the country had …

Justice evades ‘manual scavenging’ victims
1 year, 8 months ago

Justice evades ‘manual scavenging’ victims

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A social organisation has written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and the city collector, claiming that sections under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, were missing from the FIRs in connection with the death of three sanitation workers in last month. HT Image Jan Haq Sangharsh Samiti, which works on …

Manual Scavenging: Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Recent Death Of 2 Contract Workers Inside Sewer Hole
1 year, 8 months ago

Manual Scavenging: Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Recent Death Of 2 Contract Workers Inside Sewer Hole

Live Law  

Observing that it is unfortunate that the persons employed to do the work in a sewer hole lost their lives, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the continuing manual scavenging in the state after the recent death of two workers in Gwalior. While issuing notice to the State, the bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath …

Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging
2 years ago

Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has directed the government to place on record within six weeks the steps taken by it to implement its nearly 10-year-old judgment to end manual scavenging and prevent future generations from the “inhuman practice” while making entry into sewers without safety gear a crime even in emergency situations. A Bench led by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat recently …

Supreme Court Asked Centre To File Updated Affidavit In Plea Seeking Criminal Action Against Persons Employing Manual Scavengers Within 3 Weeks
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Asked Centre To File Updated Affidavit In Plea Seeking Criminal Action Against Persons Employing Manual Scavengers Within 3 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked the Union Government to file an updated affidavit in a plea seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against officials, agencies, contractors or any other person involved in engaging or employing manual scavengers resulting in their death at work, within a period of 3 weeks. The PIL filed by "Criminal Justice Society of India" also prays …

Centre to Lok Sabha: No deaths reported due to manual scavenging
2 years, 7 months ago

Centre to Lok Sabha: No deaths reported due to manual scavenging

Hindustan Times  

No deaths have been reported due to manual scavenging and there are no reports of people engaged in manual scavenging in the country, the Centre informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. “There is no report of people currently engaged in manual scavenging as defined under Section 2 of the “Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 ”. …

Specify Steps Taken To Implement Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act In Letter & Spirit: Orissa High Court To State Govt
3 years, 3 months ago

Specify Steps Taken To Implement Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act In Letter & Spirit: Orissa High Court To State Govt

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has asked the State Government to file an affidavit specifying steps it has taken so far to implement the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice A. K. Mohapatra also sought to know from the Collector of Puri as to whether there is …

Madras High Court Asks State To Consider Revising Quantum Of Compensation For Deaths Of Manual Scavengers
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras High Court Asks State To Consider Revising Quantum Of Compensation For Deaths Of Manual Scavengers

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has observed that the current quantum of compensation payable upon death due to manual scavenging may be inadequate and thus urged the State Government to consider revising the same based on present day cost of living.The Division Bench Of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. The Madras High Court has observed that the current quantum …

Manual Scavenging: Karnataka High Court Grants State Govt. 30 Days For Formulating Uniform Scheme For Grant Of Scholarship To Children Of Deceased
3 years, 5 months ago

Manual Scavenging: Karnataka High Court Grants State Govt. 30 Days For Formulating Uniform Scheme For Grant Of Scholarship To Children Of Deceased

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State Government to formulate within 30 days a uniform scheme in regards to the grant of scholarships to children and in terms of providing compassionate appointment to legal heirs of deceased, under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Therefore, the state government is granted 30 day's …

Bombay High Court Orders Compensation & Rehabilitation For Widows Of Three Deceased Manual Scavengers
3 years, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court Orders Compensation & Rehabilitation For Widows Of Three Deceased Manual Scavengers

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the concerned District Collector to compensate and rehabilitate widows of three manual scavengers, who lost their lives cleaning septic tanks. ● The State of Maharashtra should also inform the Court as to how many Manual Scavengers have been identified in the State and whether any compensation has been given to their families. The …

Pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each to widows of three septic tank workers: Bombay HC
3 years, 6 months ago

Pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each to widows of three septic tank workers: Bombay HC

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government if it had carried out a survey identifying manual scavengers across the state and what steps it had taken to rehabilitate them. A division bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Madhav Jamdar sought to know how many manual scavengers had died at work since 1993 and if the state government …

Centre Says No Death Reported Due to Manual Scavenging, Activists Decry Govt Response
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre Says No Death Reported Due to Manual Scavenging, Activists Decry Govt Response

News 18  

No death has been reported due to manual scavenging, the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has told Parliament, drawing sharp reaction from activists who said that those people were being robbed of dignity even in their deaths. However, on how many deaths of manual scavengers have been recorded, he replied, “No such deaths have been reported due to manual …

Law Students' Plea Seeking Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response
3 years, 11 months ago

Law Students' Plea Seeking Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file its response in a plea moved seeking implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Having perused the recommendation made in the plea, the Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice …

Madras HC to Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Civic Chiefs over Manual Scavenging Deaths
4 years ago

Madras HC to Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Civic Chiefs over Manual Scavenging Deaths

News 18  

Manual scavenging continues to haunt Tamil Nadu. The first bench of the Madras high court represented by Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamurthy ruled that criminal proceedings will be initiated against the civic body chiefs like municipal commissioner or corporation commissioner if people die due to manual scavenging. It is really painful to hear that 6 people have …

Issue Directions To All Authorities To Stop Manual Scavenging : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt
4 years, 1 month ago

Issue Directions To All Authorities To Stop Manual Scavenging : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday suggested to the State government to consider issuing a general direction to all authorities and agencies and instrumentalities of the state for implementation of Rule 3, of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Rules, 2013. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said "The …

Manual Scavenging Most Inhuman; Violates Article 21 : Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Implement Manual Scavengers Act 2013
4 years, 3 months ago

Manual Scavenging Most Inhuman; Violates Article 21 : Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Implement Manual Scavengers Act 2013

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued several directions to the state government to ensure proper implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Accordingly, the bench issued the following directions: *The State Government shall place on record the details about the number of First Information Reports registered for the offences …

Is The Government Really Serious About Plight Of Manual Scavengers?
4 years, 9 months ago

Is The Government Really Serious About Plight Of Manual Scavengers?

Live Law  

In this piece, I am going to talk about the miseries faced by manual scavengers. The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, 1993 defines 'manual scavenger' as "a person engaged in or employed for manually carrying human excreta". "manual scavenger" means a person engaged or employed, at the commencement of this Act or at any time …

India's Manual Scavengers Have Been Forgotten In The Covid 19 Narrative
4 years, 10 months ago

India's Manual Scavengers Have Been Forgotten In The Covid 19 Narrative

Live Law  

In India's fight against COVID 19, analysts and healthcare workers have identified groups who might be vulnerable to the infectious disease. More importantly, the practice of Manual Scavenging has been banned in India by promulgation and enactment of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, 1993 and 2013. While societal pressure is a concern, economic necessity …

Madras HC Directs State Govt To File Report On Steps Taken For Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers [Read Order]
5 years, 1 month ago

Madras HC Directs State Govt To File Report On Steps Taken For Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Monday asked the State government as to what steps have been taken for the rehabilitation of the families of manual scavengers, apart from payment of compensation to bereaved families. The directions have been passed in a batch of writ petitions, filed against the State for failing to curb manual scavenging, resulting into death of several …

Rise of the Machines can end manual scavenging
5 years, 4 months ago

Rise of the Machines can end manual scavenging

Deccan Chronicle  

The death a 25-year-old man in a septic tank on mall premises in Chennai shows that the practice of using human beings to clean sewers and septic tanks in the state continues unabated. In 2017, the Madras high court, while holding that manual scavenging was prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity as …

Telangana State Legal Services Authority Secures Rs 75 Lakh Compensation For Dependents Of Deceased Manual Scavengers
5 years, 4 months ago

Telangana State Legal Services Authority Secures Rs 75 Lakh Compensation For Dependents Of Deceased Manual Scavengers

Live Law  

In a special program held in the premises of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday, Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan handed over compensation cheques worth Rs. The move comes in line with the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, which was enacted after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to abolish manual scavenging. Pursuant to …

P&H HC Issue Mandatory Directions To Eliminate Manual Scavenging & Insanitary Latrines [Read Order]
5 years, 5 months ago

P&H HC Issue Mandatory Directions To Eliminate Manual Scavenging & Insanitary Latrines [Read Order]

Live Law  

Taking suo motu cognizance of news items published in the 'Sunday Tribune' on, September 29, with regards continuing practice of manual scavenging, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday issued detailed "mandatory directions" to eliminate the twin evils of insanitary latrines and manual scavenging. The States shall provide Class IV jobs to the legal heirs of persons who …

Govt approves rehab project for manual scavengers in city
5 years, 8 months ago

Govt approves rehab project for manual scavengers in city

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi cabinet on Thursday approved a rehabilitation programme for those identified as manual scavengers. On Thursday, the rehabilitation programme for manual scavengers, proposed by the social welfare department, was approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. About 45 manual scavengers were identified in the three districts of Shahdra, North East Delhi and East Delhi during …

With Report Of One Manual Scavenger Dying Every Five Days, PIL In SC For FIR In Every Such Death Since 1993 [Read Petition]
6 years, 2 months ago

With Report Of One Manual Scavenger Dying Every Five Days, PIL In SC For FIR In Every Such Death Since 1993 [Read Petition]

Live Law  

With one manual scavenger reportedly dying at work every five days despite India having declared manual scavenging illegal in 1993, the Criminal Justice Society of India has moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of criminal proceedings for culpable homicide not amounting to murder against officials, agencies, contractors or any other person involved in engaging or employing manual. With one manual …

Unfortunate that manual scavenging exists after 70 years of independence, says Arvind Kejriwal
6 years, 4 months ago

Unfortunate that manual scavenging exists after 70 years of independence, says Arvind Kejriwal

Hindustan Times  

Terming the existence of manual scavenging “unfortunate”, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resolved on Tuesday that his government would take all possible measures to eliminate the practice. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resolved on Tuesday that his government would take all possible measures to eliminate the practice of manual scavenging. “It is unfortunate that even after 70 years of Independence, …

Centre keen to eradicate manual scavenging in time-bound manner, says Thawar Chand Gehlot
6 years, 5 months ago

Centre keen to eradicate manual scavenging in time-bound manner, says Thawar Chand Gehlot

Firstpost  

Gehlot asked states to revisit their survey by using the wider definition of manual scavenging as given in the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, New Delhi: Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday said the Centre was keen on eradicating manual scavenging in a time-bound manner, urging states to implement the relevant law …

Manual scavenging in India doesn't need denial and politicised narrative on solutions, but sanitation policy reforms
6 years, 5 months ago

Manual scavenging in India doesn't need denial and politicised narrative on solutions, but sanitation policy reforms

Firstpost  

Despite a law stressing not only eradication of manual scavenging but also rehabilitation of families dependent on the job, septic tanks have turned into death beds for many young men in India. As per the 2011 Socio-Economic and Case Census, 1,82,505 rural households in India were dependent on manual scavenging for income, and just last month, five young men fell …

State Can’t Avoid Liability To Compensate For Death Of Manual Scavengers On Work By Citing Its ‘Inability’ To Stop Manual Scavenging: Madras HC [Read Order]
6 years, 9 months ago

State Can’t Avoid Liability To Compensate For Death Of Manual Scavengers On Work By Citing Its ‘Inability’ To Stop Manual Scavenging: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has observed that the state is under a bounden duty to prohibit manual scavenging and it cannot avoid its liability to compensate manual scavengers who lose their lives in course of manual scavenging, by reason of the inability of the State to stop manual scavenging.This observation was made by the bench headed by Chief Justice Indira …

State Can’t Avoid Liability To Compensate For Death Of Manual Scavengers On Work By Citing Its ‘Inability’ To Stop Manual Scavenging: Madras HC [Read Order]
6 years, 9 months ago

State Can’t Avoid Liability To Compensate For Death Of Manual Scavengers On Work By Citing Its ‘Inability’ To Stop Manual Scavenging: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has observed that the state is under a bounden duty to prohibit manual scavenging and it cannot avoid its liability to compensate manual scavengers who lose their lives in course of manual scavenging, by reason of the inability of the State to stop manual scavenging.This observation was made by the bench headed by Chief Justice Indira …

Why Madras HC’s Observations on Sweepers/Cleaners/Scavengers are Disturbing
7 years ago

Why Madras HC’s Observations on Sweepers/Cleaners/Scavengers are Disturbing

Live Law  

Indian judiciary has been instrumental in expansion of the rights of people. By holding that a sweeper/cleaner employed to clean the premises is also bound to clean toilets and dresses and that he/she cannot complain otherwise, the high court has endorsed a form of “forced labour” which is prohibited under Article 23 of the Constitution. In the landmark judgment in …

Manual scavenging is a contravention of human rights: Madras High Court
7 years, 8 months ago

Manual scavenging is a contravention of human rights: Madras High Court

Firstpost  

manual scavenging was prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity as per the Constitution, the Madras High Court today directed the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government Holding that manual scavenging was prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity as per the Constitution, the Madras High …

Light over the manhole, at last: Manual scavengers win battle
7 years, 9 months ago

Light over the manhole, at last: Manual scavengers win battle

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Manual scavenging will soon be a thing of the past, at last and for sure. Emerging from the Chennai Corporation headquarters at the Ripon Building on Thursday after signing the necessary forms for releasing them from the ‘filthy bondage’, they were all smiles as now they will get Rs 40,000 as a lump sum grant and Rs 7,000 pension …

Manual scavengers' plea goes down drain
7 years, 9 months ago

Manual scavengers' plea goes down drain

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Call it hushing up of the whole issue or the indirect promotion of manual scavenging. More than 3,000 manual scavengers from various districts of Tamil Nadu are waiting in hope to sign up the self-declaration forms and receive government’s lumpsum dole of Rs 40,000 and a monthly pension of Rs 7,000, in return for their pledge, said Samuel Velanganni, …

Tamil Nadu: Student counsels 5 men to give up manual scavenging
7 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Student counsels 5 men to give up manual scavenging

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: At an age when social responsibility would be the last thing on the 'to-do' lists, a 22-year-old social work student has transformed the lives of five manual scavengers. K. Sathish, a resident of Kannagi Nagar and a social work student from the Madras Christian College has counselled 20 members from the manual scavenging community, of whom five have signed …

Manual scavenging: an indelible blot on urban life
7 years, 11 months ago

Manual scavenging: an indelible blot on urban life

The Hindu  

As the scorching heat of the first month of summer baked the grubby streets of Cuddalore on March 20, three young men — two below 30 years and one in mid-30s — were called to clear a block in a manhole near Mohini Bridge in Thirupadiripuliyar. Protesters also called for strict implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers …

For him, the battle continues
8 years, 7 months ago

For him, the battle continues

The Hindu  

Fifty-year-old Bezwada Wilson, national convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan, was declared one of the six recipients of the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award by the Philippines-based award foundation, in Manila on Wednesday. Recognised for his efforts to eradicate manual scavenging, Mr. Wilson told The Hindu that India still has over two lakh manual scavengers who needed to be rescued, according …

Enumeration of manual scavengers on
9 years, 1 month ago

Enumeration of manual scavengers on

The Hindu  

: An enumeration of persons involved in manual scavenging was carried out in Vellore Corporation. The work was initially taken up by the State government on behalf of the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to identify persons involved in manual scavenging. The enumeration was aimed at identifying persons involved in removing human excreta from insanitary toilets, open drains, …

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