530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre
1 year, 4 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 so far reported themselves to be free of manual scavenging with the rest yet to do so. However, Uttar Pradesh, which had the highest number of manual scavengers in two surveys conducted till 2018, has nearly 90% districts reporting that they had been made free of manual scavenging. Top Ministry officials said that each district is being asked to either declare itself as free of manual scavenging or point out locations of insanitary latrines and associated manual scavengers.

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In 7 days, over 100 districts report themselves to be manual scavenging-free
1 year, 4 months ago

In 7 days, over 100 districts report themselves to be manual scavenging-free

The Hindu  

More than 100 districts across the country reported themselves to be free of manual scavenging in a period of seven days even as the Union government has said it is vigorously pursuing districts that have not yet done so to complete the procedure. Districts declaring themselves free of manual scavenging are doing so by determining the existence of insanitary latrines …

Government to conduct re-survey to identify manual scavengers across Karnataka
1 year, 4 months ago

Government to conduct re-survey to identify manual scavengers across Karnataka

The Hindu  

The State government will conduct re-survey and identify manual scavengers across the State, in an effort to eradicate the practice completely, said Rakesh Kumar K., Commissioner for the Social Welfare Department. Speaking at a two-day State-level workshop on ‘Strengthening of rehabilitation schemes for identified manual scavengers’, which was jointly organised by the Department of Social Welfare and Center for the …

Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging
1 year, 4 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, 4 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 …

246 districts yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging
1 year, 5 months ago

246 districts yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging

Firstpost  

According to data shared in the eighth meeting of the central monitoring committee, out of 766 districts, as many as 520 districts have declared themselves manual scavenging free, while 246 districts are yet to submit the report. About 246 districts in the country have yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging even as the government’s deadline for declaring India …

Problem of manual scavenging eliminated, claims Union Social Justice Ministry panel
1 year, 5 months ago

Problem of manual scavenging eliminated, claims Union Social Justice Ministry panel

The Hindu  

Despite noting that just 520 districts across the country had declared themselves free of manual scavenging, the Central Monitoring Committee of the Social Justice Ministry concluded in its eighth meeting on July 5, 2023 that all unsanitary latrines had been made sanitary under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and that the problem of manual scavenging is eliminated. A month ago, the …

Only 66% districts in country free of manual scavenging: Social Justice Ministry report
1 year, 6 months ago

Only 66% districts in country free of manual scavenging: Social Justice Ministry report

The Hindu  

Despite stating over the last few years that manual scavenging had been eliminated in the country, and that the only remaining threat was hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has now said that only 508 districts out of the total 766 districts in the country have declared themselves manual-scavenging free. The …

India’s Anti-Manual Scavenging Drive is Faltering, Needs Immediate Intervention
2 years ago

India’s Anti-Manual Scavenging Drive is Faltering, Needs Immediate Intervention

News 18  

Social ostracism and lack of opportunities have forced generations of lower caste families to continue indulging in manual scavenging as their daily job. Not often discussed in mainstream media, however, is that over 95 percent of India’s 1.3 million manual scavengers are women. Most manual scavengers belong to the Dalit community, and it is fairly evident that manual scavenging is …

‘We need both: Gandhi and Ambedkar’, says Bezwada Wilson, who crusades against manual scavenging
2 years, 2 months ago

‘We need both: Gandhi and Ambedkar’, says Bezwada Wilson, who crusades against manual scavenging

The Hindu  

Bezwada Wilson, 56, born in Kolar to manual scavenger parents, has dedicated his life to the cause of eradicating the demeaning practice in India. In this interview, the Ramon Magsaysay awardee talks about caste, patriarchy and manual scavenging, elaborating his relationship to both Gandhi and Ambedkar. Building toilets without supplying sufficient water or proper drainage, converting manual scavenging into ‘sanitation …

Centre to Lok Sabha: No deaths reported due to manual scavenging
2 years, 4 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 ”. …

Manual scavenging continues in different forms in Adilabad
2 years, 8 months ago

Manual scavenging continues in different forms in Adilabad

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The banned manual scavenging is continuing in the municipalities in the erstwhile Adilabad district despite the governmental claims to stop this practice. The sanitation workers may not clean the wet toilets but they clean the drainages into which shit flows in various ways. “In practice, the sanitation workers of the municipality clean the drainages in which the human excreta …

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

Karnataka HC tells govt to ensure strict adherence to rules on manual scavenging
3 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka HC tells govt to ensure strict adherence to rules on manual scavenging

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka high court on Monday asked the state government to ensure strict compliance of rules with regard to manual scavenging. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said that the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and the rules must be followed in such cases. “The persons …

Karnataka sweeper ends life after being forced to clean sewage: Why manual scavenging persists in 21st Century India
3 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka sweeper ends life after being forced to clean sewage: Why manual scavenging persists in 21st Century India

Firstpost  

While official figures estimate total 774 deaths between 1993 and March 2019, SKA estimates that nearly 2,000 manual scavengers die every year in the sewers, due to exposure to poisonous gases With one legislation outlawing manual scavenging eight years ago and another in the pipeline, one would think that the inhuman practice having its roots in India’s feudal past was …

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

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