12-year-old 'Rag Picker' Buried at Ahmedabad's Garbage Dump Found Dead Week Later

1 day, 21 hours ago

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout residents complain of waste being dumped in empty sites

A part of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout has turned into a dumping site with medical waste, plastic waste, debris and other waste being thrown in empty sites. Umesh, a resident of 3rd Block,said the failure of the local panchayat to regularly collect waste from the homes is also a reason for this problem. M., Umesh further said that while the local …

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3 days, 17 hours ago

With Delhi polls round the corner, residents of Bhalswa fear another cycle of neglect

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, The promises made during the December 2022 MCD elections had rekindled hopes of a better life among the residents of Bhalswa village located on the slopes of a massive mountain of waste in North West district. With Delhi polls round the corner, residents of Bhalswa fear another cycle of neglect Two years have passed since then, but the …

Elections Delhi Garbage Residents Bhalswa

3 days, 20 hours ago

Rajasthan: On way to condolence meeting, truck mows down couple, 2 children

Hindustan Times

A couple in their 30s and their two children aged eight and five on their way to a condolence meeting were killed when an illegally mined gravel-laden dumper truck without a number plate hit their motorcycle and dragged them in Rajasthan’s Jalore on Sunday. The family was travelling from Bawatra to Kora to attend the condolence meeting at the residence …

Condolence Meeting Meeting Truck Uttampuri

6 days, 6 hours ago

Panchkula: 5 labourers injured as pile of soil collapses during excavation in Barwala

Hindustan Times

As many as five labourers, including three women and two men, were buried as a pile of soil collapsed during an excavation in Barwala Industrial Area, Sector 2, on Friday morning. The labourers, who hailed from Bihar, had been working on the construction site for the past two months. As per police, the workers were digging the basement of an …

6 days, 9 hours ago

Slum rehabilitation project in Delhi’s Ashok Vihar: ‘We are finally homeowners’

Hindustan Times

For around 1,400 families living in the slum clusters of northwest Delhi’s Jailorwala Bagh, Friday marked a transformative moment. They were handed the keys to new flats under the Swabhiman Apartments in-situ slum rehabilitation project in Ashok Vihar – ending decades of living in makeshift shelters with little hope of proper housing. This project is the second successful in-situ rehabilitation …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ghaziabad: 5-year-old boy's body found stuffed in bag near Ganga canal

Hindustan Times

The body of a young boy believed to be around five years old, was found stuffed in a bag on the bank of the Ganga canal in Ghaziabad's Niwari area, police said. Discovered body resembles kid who had gone missing in 2022 The body was discovered on December 17 by passers-by, who immediately alerted the Niwari Police Station. In the …

Body Ghaziabad Boy Meerut Niwari Ganga Canal Near Ganga Canal

Haryana: Four children killed in brick kiln wall collapse in Hisar

Hindustan Times

Four children were killed and two injured when a wall collapsed at a brick kiln at Budhana village in Hisar, Haryana, on Sunday night, police officers aware of the matter said on Monday. According to police, the victims were children of migrant labourers, who were from Uttar Pradesh and were employed at the brick kiln. The two injured children are …

Children Hisar

2 weeks, 4 days ago

4 children dead, 3 injured after wall collapses in Haryana's brick kiln

India Today

Four children, all aged between 3 months to 9 years, were killed in Haryana's Hisar on Sunday night after a wall at a brick kiln collapsed, trapping seven children. The four victims, all children of brick kiln workers, died on the way to the hospital. The wall collapse resulted in the death of four children. All the children were sleeping …

Children Dead Kiln Collapsed

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Dump on us: Debris-On-Call service picks up in Mumbai

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: In a desolate area in Dahisar’s Kokanipada, at the northern edge of the city limits, is the answer to one of Mumbai’s pressing problems – it’s a graveyard of rubble and other debris brought here from across Mumbai, on complaints lodged by citizens on two toll-free numbers and via a mobile application. The Kokanipada plant – there’s another one …

Mumbai Service Bmc Citizens Plant Debris Kokanipada

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Haridwar couple donates body of their 2.5-day-old daughter for medical studies

India Today

The parents of a 2.5-day-old infant girl from Dehradun have donated her body to a medical college for studies, potentially making her the youngest body donor in India. After her death, the parents, Ram Mehar Kashyap and his wife Nancy, residents of Haridwar, made the profound decision to donate their daughter's body to Doon Medical College in Dehradun with the …

Medical Body College Ram Mehar Doon Medical College

4 weeks ago

Kolkata: Severed human head found in garbage dump in Tollygunge area

India TV News

Kolkata: A severed human head, suspected of that of a woman aged between 35 and 40, was recovered from a garbage dump in Kolkata's Tollygunge area today, police said. Local people spotted a plastic bag containing the body part in a vat on Graham Road under the Golf Green police station area early this morning, they said. The injury mark …

Kolkata Garbage Dump Severed Human Head Tollygunge Area

4 weeks ago

Severed human head found in garbage dump in Kolkata's Tollygunge

New Indian Express

KOLKATA: A severed human head, suspected of that of a woman aged between 35 and 40, was recovered from a garbage dump in Kolkata's Tollygunge area on Friday morning, police said. Local people spotted a plastic bag containing the body part in a vat on Graham Road under Golf Green police station area early this morning, they said. Efforts are …

Garbage Dump Human Head Severed South Suburban Tollygunge Kolkata

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Police seize 14 debris-laden dumpers in Ulwe

Hindustan Times

Navi Mumbai: Nhava-Sheva police intercepted 14 dumpers attempting to illegally dispose of debris in the Ulwe node following an alert from the traffic control room about suspicious vehicle movement across the Atal Setu bridge. Nhava-Sheva police intercepted 14 dumpers attempting to illegally dispose of debris in the Ulwe node. The authorities intercepted all dumpers as they entered sector 12 of …

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1 month ago

Delhi: 18-year-old scrap worker stabbed to death in fight over flushing toilet

Hindustan Times

An 18-year-old scrap shop worker was allegedly stabbed to death by his neighbours in south Delhi's Govindpuri in a dispute over a common toilet not being flushed adequately. A view of the spot where a man was allegedly stabbed to death and fatally injured his brother by his neighbour over an issue last night at Govindpuri in New Delhi, India, …

Delhi His Brother

1 month, 1 week ago

Four girls killed after mound of soil collapses in Bihar's Buxar district

India TV News

In a tragic incident on Sunday, four young girls lost their lives when a mound of soil collapsed on them in Sarenja village, located in the Rajpur police station area of Bihar's Buxar district. The girls, who were digging soil to make clay stoves for their homes, were buried under the pile of earth. The victims, identified as Shivani Kumari, …

Bihar Girls Soil Girl

1 month, 1 week ago

The good, the bad, and the ugly in poverty alleviation

Hindustan Times

In April 2022, I joined a group of donors on a trip to the interiors of Jharkhand’s tribal belt to see the early results of a pilot project aimed to lift 1,200 families in the region out of extreme poverty. Adopting the graduation approach to poverty alleviation, led by the Bengaluru-headquartered Nudge Institute, with the tacit support of the state …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dumping garbage on Bengaluru's Nallurhalli Road a bane for residents

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: A long stretch of Nallurhalli Road pavement in Whitefield has turned into a garbage dump, forcing pedestrians, especially senior citizens and schoolchildren, to walk on the road due to the uncleared waste along the footpath. He added that the uncollected garbage not only affects daily commuters but also raises health concerns, with the potential for disease spread due to …

Garbage Road

2 months, 1 week ago

1,690 tonnes of garbage lifted in three days from 100 wards in Madurai city; Commissioner imposes fine of ₹50,000 for dumping meat waste along Vaigai

The Hindu

In a mega exercise, the Madurai Corporation had lifted 1,690 tonnes of garbage in the last three days on account of Deepavali celebrations, said Commissioner C. Dinesh Kumar on Friday. The health wing officials had roped in 4,051 conservancy workers and spread them across 100 wards within the city and peripheries. According to the health officials, on October 30, they …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Empowering Women: A Catalyst for India's Growth

Hindustan Times

India's youth are driving the country's economic growth, with a focus on empowering women through skill development and job placement. The government has allocated significant funds to create a robust Skill and Employment Programme, targeting 2 million young Indians with job-ready skills over the next five years. This initiative, coupled with other key initiatives like the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas …

Law Education Entrepreneurship Women Empowerment New Delhi

3 months ago

Newborn's body found in garbage dump in Tirunelveli, probe under way

New Indian Express

TIRUNELVELI/TENKASI: The body of a newborn was recovered from a garbage dump in Melapalayam of Tirunelveli corporation early on Thursday. Foster parents invited to care for abandoned children In a statement on Thursday, Tenkasi Collector AK Kamal Kishore invited those who are willing to be foster parents to care for abandoned children. "Under the Model Guidelines for Foster Care, 2015, …

Children Parents Care Foster Tirunelveli Foster Parents Tenkasi

3 months, 1 week ago

Letters to The Editor — October 1, 2024

The Hindu

End manual scavenging That a recent survey only confirms that manual scavenging is predominantly associated with India’s Scheduled Castes is saddening. Despite India’s technological advancements and alternative mechanisms, it is shameful that fellow citizens are still engaged in manual scavenging. The Swachh Bharat slogan can only be achieved when India eradicates manual scavenging and puts an end to the inhuman …

India Manual Manual Scavenging

3 months, 3 weeks ago

One dead, two injured after dargah wall collapses in Delhi’s Nabi Karim area

The Hindu

Amidst rains in several parts of the national capital, a wall of a ‘dargah’ collapsed in central Delhi’s Nabi Karim area on Friday morning leaving one person dead and two others injured, officials said. A call regarding the incident was received at 7 a.m. and three fire tenders were pressed into service, an official of the Delhi Fire Service said. …

Delhi

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Will city recover from open dumping? | Solid Waste Management pitfalls: Garbage woes persist despite Chennai Corporation’s cleaning drives

The Hindu

Despite efforts by the Greater Chennai Corporation to address garbage collection issues through mass cleaning drives, residents in several parts of the city continue to face challenges. Sandhya Vedullapalli, resident of M Block in Anna Nagar and Vice President of Federation of Anna Nagar Residents Associations, said, “Generally, the ward’s supervisor or the Conservancy Inspector respond to our complaints. Complaints …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Rubbish collapses at landfill site in Uganda’s capital, killing at least 18 people

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — Piled-up rubbish collapsed at a vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which serves as a waste disposal site for much of Kampala, collapsed late Friday. The precise details of what happened were unclear, but the city authority said …

Red Site Uganda Kampala Capital

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Death toll rises after landslide at Uganda rubbish dump

Al Jazeera

The death toll from a landslide at a vast rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, according to police, as rescue personnel continued to dig for survivors. After torrential rain in recent weeks, a chunk of rubbish from the city’s only landfill site broke off late on Friday, crushing and burying homes on the edge of the …

Death Toll Uganda Kampala Rubbish Dump

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Landslide at Uganda rubbish dump kills at least 18 people

Al Jazeera

A landslide at a rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed at least 18 people, authorities have reported as they continue to search for survivors. Police announced the death toll on Sunday, two days after torrential rain broke off a huge chunk of rubbish at Kiteezi, the city’s only landfill site. “The rescue operation is still ongoing until we …

Uganda Kampala Rubbish Dump

5 months ago

‘Syeda’s life mirrors India,’ says Neha Dixit, author of ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian’

The Hindu

Even as chants of ‘Vikshit Bharat’ loudly resonate among the country’s ruling party and policy-making, 80% of India’s workforce remains in the informal economy, working on exploitative wages, without any job security or protection by labour and safety laws. When award-winning journalist Neha Dixit started tracking the lives of a few such female workers a decade ago, operating not far …

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5 months ago

Over 100 tribal students from Maharashtra’s Palghar district’s fell ill to food poisoning

The Hindu

Over 100 tribal children who were served dinner on Monday evening, woke up at midnight with stomachache, feeling nauseated, giddiness and started vomiting. District Collector Govind Bodke confirmed, “More than 100 children from different Ashram Shalas under the Dahanu Project of the Integrated Tribal Development Project were reported of food poisoning on Tuesday morning.” There are two central kitchens in …

Children Students Tribal District Dahanu Palghar Bodke

5 months ago

453 died while cleaning sewers since 2014, says Centre

Hindustan Times

The Union Social Justice and Empowerment ministry on Tuesday said around 453 people have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks since 2014 despite 732 out of India's 766 districts declaring themselves free from manual scavenging. Union Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said states have made significant strives in improving their mechanisation capabilities by …

Social Justice Pti Manual Manual Scavenging Scavenging

5 months, 1 week ago

As India ages, a secret shame emerges: Elders abandoned by their children

Associated Press

GARHMUKTESHWAR, India — They were found in gutters, on streets, in bushes. “They say, ‘He’ll come back one day,’” says Saurabh Bhagat, the 35-year-old leader of SHEOWS, the organization his father founded. ‘How can children do this?’ Though most who are taken in by SHEOWS come from New Delhi’s streets and spend time in one of the organization’s city shelters, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

No trace of 10-year-old boy washed away in Panchkula drain

Hindustan Times

There is no trace of the 10-year-old boy who was washed away in a seasonal drain in Budhanpur village of Panchkula amid the downpour on Tuesday. But when the boy was coming out, he slipped and fell into the drain and was washed away in the strong current. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Wednesday inspected the …

Panchkula Gupta Drain Boy No Trace Village Budhanpur

6 months, 1 week ago

Tourists and the growing mountain of trash in Himachal

Hindustan Times

This summer, Himachal’s hill stations have witnessed a heavy influx of tourists. Garbage collected from Sarchu to Rohtang In Lahaul and Spiti district and then from Kullu’s Soja and Kasol, a village known as the ‘Tel Aviv of the hills’ due to its popularity with Israeli tourists, is also dumped in Manali’s waste treatment plant. Highway horror A significant part …

Garbage Waste Shimla Tourist Tourists Spiti Himachal

6 months, 1 week ago

For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

Associated Press

JAMMU, India — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. Waste pickers Arjun, 6, sorts recyclable items with his parents at a garbage dump site during a heat …

India Heat New Delhi Jammu Waste Wave Tiwari

6 months, 1 week ago

For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

LA Times

Waste pickers Salmaa and Usmaan Shekh, right, search for recyclable materials during a heat wave this month at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Chaturvedi, who has worked with waste pickers for more than two decades, said extreme heat has added new risks to waste pickers who are already victims of social discrimination and appalling work conditions. …

India Heat Work Garbage New Delhi Jammu Waste

6 months, 1 week ago

Vasant Vihar wall collapse: three bodies found, rain toll in Delhi rises to eight

The Hindu

The bodies of three labourers were on Saturday, June 29 pulled from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar area here amid heavy rain, officials said. One victim yet to be identified DFS officials said the bodies of three labourers have been pulled from the rubble. Teams of National Disaster Response Force, …

Delhi Wall Collapsed

6 months, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh: Three children die as wall of under-construction building collapses in Greater Noida

India TV News

Eight children were trapped under the debris of a wall of an under-construction building which collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, leading to the death of three of them, the police said on Friday. The police informed that 8 children of a person named Sagir's family/relatives were trapped when the wall of his house collapsed. Ayesha age 16 years, Ahad …

Uttar Pradesh Age Children Die

6 months, 1 week ago

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Flies are in our food,” said Adel Dalloul, a …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

LA Times

Palestinians sort through trash last week at a landfill in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip. “Flies are in our food,” said Adel Dalloul, a 21-year-old whose family settled in a beach tent camp near the central Gaza city of Nuseirat. “It is killing us.” Basic services breakdown The United Nations estimates nearly 70% of Gaza’s water and sanitation plants have …

Water City Gaza Gaza City Israel Rafah Nuseirat

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Nepal removes tonnes of rubbish, corpses and a skeleton from Mount Everest

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prabhu Ram Sharma, Nepal’s Chief of the Army Staff, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Labourer cleaning nullah dies after partially demolished structure

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: A 27-year-old labourer from Vikhroli was killed when he was cleaning a nullah after a wall from a nearby partly demolished structure fell on him on Friday. While cleaning the nullah, a ten-foot-high wall of a partly demolished house along the nullah suddenly fell on him. “They were able to move Kadam out of the debris with external help, …

Fir Vikhroli Kadam Labourer Nullah Demolished Structure

8 months ago

Hyderabad: Five-year-old dies of electric shock in Hayatnagar

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: A five-year-old kindergarten student died of electrocution after he came in contact with a live wire hanging from an electric pole while relieving himself at Kuntloor in Hayathnagar on Wednesday morning. According to the Hayathnagar police, the victim, A Shiva Shankar, went out to relieve himself in an open place after informing his father. According to the Hayathnagar police, …

Hayathnagar

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ghazipur landfill fire: 'Left to die here,' say residents, blame 'politicians'

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Toxic fumes from the Ghazipur landfill on Monday sent local residents gasping for breath and cursing politicians over the garbage mountain that still blights the city. Thick plumes of smoke still rose skywards from Ghazipur landfill on Monday, hours after a major fire broke out there. According to the Delhi Fire Service, the landfill witnessed a big fire …

Landfill Ghazipur Landfill

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Guard lost his only child to crematorium he worked in for 6 years

Hindustan Times

Gurugram: Thirty-nine-year-old Sunil Kumar worked as a security guard at the Ram Bagh crematorium for the last six years and ironically when its rear wall collapsed on Saturday evening killing five people, his only child Khushbu was one of the victims. Kumar said that his uncle received a monthly remuneration of ₹12,000 from the crematorium with which he ran his …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab: Five labourers buried under debris after two-storey house collapses in Rupnagar, rescue work on

India TV News

Punjab news: Five labourers were buried under the lanter of a two-storey house that suddenly collapsed while the workers were working on jacking up the lanter in Preet Colony of Rupnagar in Punjab. The incident took place when six labourers were engaged in the process of raising the level of the house, they said, adding that one worker has been …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dignity in every drop: Non-profit interventions bring clean water and sanitation access to informal waste pickers

The Hindu

It’s a warm weekday, and the afternoon slump has set in over Siddhartha Nagar colony, a notified slum in the Peenya Industrial Area. Siddhartha Nagar is one of the nine slums in Bengaluru that have benefited from WaterAid India’s interventions as part of Saamuhika Shakti, a collective initiative by 10 organisations for waste pickers in the city. Giving agency to …

Women Water Waste Patil Programme Pickers Slum

9 months, 4 weeks ago

30 remains found on garbage dumps: Ludhiana MC’s failure to dispose of carcasses raises concerns

Hindustan Times

Negligence on the part of the municipal corporation employees has led to carcasses of around 30 cattle found dumped on garbage dumps in Tajpur and Tibba roads here in the last two days instead of being properly disposed of, leading to concerns among locals and Hindu groups. Khanna expressed concern over the MC employees’ negligence in disposing of carcasses properly, …

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10 months ago

Labourer killed, 3 hurt at under-construction building in Gurugram's Moti Vihar

Hindustan Times

A 21-year-old daily wage labourer died after being buried under a mound of earth when a wall at the site where he was working collapsed at an under-construction commercial building in Moti Vihar in South City-1 on Tuesday, police officers said. Two labourers who were also buried under the debris were rescued by local residents, police officers said. Four labourers …

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10 months ago

Gujarat: Five of family killed, including 2 children, as car rams into container in Vadodara

India TV News

In a tragic incident, at least five members of a family lost their lives when their car rammed into a stationary container on a highway near Vadodara city in Gujarat. 5 killed as SUV rams into dumper in Gujarat Earlier on February 27, five persons were killed and two others injured after a speeding Sports Utility Vehicle rammed into a …

Gujarat Vadodara Stationary Dumper

11 months ago

In Surat’s turnaround in sanitation, a story of hope

Hindustan Times

The ascendance of Surat as the cleanest city in India, announced last month, has multiple narratives. First, it makes the chaotic task of city sanitation an achievable goal for India’s 5,000 urban local bodies. The cleanest city tag is no longer the exclusive preserve of Indore, which lifted the crown with predictable regularity soon after Swachh Survekshan was instituted by …

India Urban City Sanitation Waste Sbm Surat

11 months, 1 week ago

‘We are dying slowly.’ Children go to bed hungry and parents scavenge for food as famine looms in Gaza

CNN

CNN — Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. Martin Griffiths, the UN’s emergency relief chief, told CNN the “great majority” of 400,000 Gazans characterized by UN agencies as at risk of starving “are actually in famine.” UN human rights experts have warned “Israel …

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