Browsing: manual scavenging
By PTI TINSUKIA: Four people died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a tank used for illicit liquor production in…
Manual scavenging is a banned practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act, 2013.…
By ANI PUNE: The body of the sanitation worker who went missing this morning while cleaning a septic chamber in…
The Safai Karamchari Andolan has launched a campaign against sewer and septic tank deaths.
161 died due to accidents during hazardous cleaning of sewer, septic tanks in 3 years: Government
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The government does not identify deaths due to manual scavenging but calls them deaths due to hazardous cleaning of septic…
No deaths due to manual scavenging, 309 died while cleaning sewers in last five years: Government
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Although no deaths have been reported due to manual scavenging, 309 people died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in…
By PTI NEW DELHI: NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Mishra on Monday said manual scavenging still remains a “stinking truth…
Manual scavenging still a reality: NHRC
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Express News Service NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is in favour of broadening of the definition of manual…