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453 died while cleaning sewers since 2014, says Centre
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging
1 year, 9 months 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Manual scavenging is a blot on society
2 years, 8 months ago

Manual scavenging is a blot on society

Hindustan Times  

The appalling spectacle of human beings dying inside sewer lines was repeated on the outskirts of the national Capital after four people died in the Samaypur Badli area on Tuesday evening. The victims – private contractor Suraj Sahni, labourers Bachhu Singh and Pintu Raut, and e-rickshaw driver Satish Kumar, who jumped into the manhole to try and save the others …

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Madras High Court Asks State To Consider Revising Quantum Of Compensation For Deaths Of Manual Scavengers
3 years, 1 month 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 …

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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 …

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