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manual scavanging
453 died while cleaning sewers since 2014: Government
The move to declare districts free from manual scavenging comes under the framework of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, which defines hazardous cleaning and manual scavenging in specific terms to ensure the safety and dignity of sanitation workers.
06 August 2024, 11:19 IST
453 died while cleaning sewers since 2014: Government
06 August 2024, 11:19 IST
Meet Raees Muhammad, a post-doc who cleans septic tanks in Tamil Nadu
He says that the root case of the caste system emerges from toilets.
04 August 2024, 12:06 IST
Meet Raees Muhammad, a post-doc who cleans septic tanks in Tamil Nadu
04 August 2024, 12:06 IST
B'luru: HC comes to rescue of manual scavenger’s widow
After about nine years of allotment, Nagamma got to know that the plot was taken away by the Doddabelavangala panchayat to build the Nada Kacheri
17 February 2023, 23:46 IST
B'luru: HC comes to rescue of manual scavenger’s widow
17 February 2023, 23:46 IST
HC takes cognisance of sewer deaths, registers PIL
A sweeper and a security guard died on September 9 in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer they had gone down to clean
12 September 2022, 06:54 IST
HC takes cognisance of sewer deaths, registers PIL
12 September 2022, 06:54 IST
'Manual scavenging remains stinking truth of India'
Mishra was chairing an online meeting of different stakeholders on 'Manual Scavenging & Hazardous Cleaning' organised by the National Human Rights Commission
05 July 2021, 16:58 IST
'Manual scavenging remains stinking truth of India'
05 July 2021, 16:58 IST
'631 died cleaning sewers, septic tanks this decade'
20 September 2020, 09:59 IST
'631 died cleaning sewers, septic tanks this decade'
20 September 2020, 09:59 IST
Manual scavenging reported in Belur
At a time when the National Commission for Safai Karmacharis is stressing on the civic workers to compulsorily use machines and other equipment for cleaning manholes, a pourakarmika was found cleaning a manhole at Nehru Nagar in Belur on Wednesday.
21 November 2018, 17:06 IST
Manual scavenging reported in Belur
21 November 2018, 17:06 IST
