eradication of manual scavenging

Government in denial over manual scavenging deaths

Government in denial over manual scavenging deaths

August 5, 2021

Last week, in response to outcry from activists over continuous deaths of manual scavengers, minister of state for social justice and empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, told the Parliament that no deaths had taken place from manual scavenging, adding that there were only 66,692 regist...

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India’s deadly sewers

India’s deadly sewers

August 1, 2019

Even though manual scavenging was prohibited by the union government two decades ago, it still continues to be practiced in the states of India. According to a report 50 workers have died cleaning sewers in the first six months of 2019.

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