NEW DELHI: Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, in a written…
Tag: Manual Scavenging
Madras HC directs state govt to involve septic tank cleaning
CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: Intending to eradicate manual cleaning, the Madras High Court has directed the…
NCSK calls for stringent punishment to stop manual scavenging
PANAJI, Goa: The National Commission for Safai Karmacharis (NCSK) has expressed their discontent over the…
ULBs should ensure no person enters manholes: Gujarat CM
GANDHINAGAR, Gujarat: Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel directed the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to…
HC directs civic heads to take ‘no manual scavenging’ pledge
CHENNAI: Madras High Court has directed all the municipal corporations and municipalities to file an…
Rajasthan govt bans manual scavenging in the state
JAIPUR: In view of the finding that COVID-19 can spread through sewage, the Government of…
Gujarat HC expresses dissent over practice of manual scavenging
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court, on November 10, expressed its dissent on the practice of…
SC questions Centre on deaths due to manual scavenging
NEW DELHI: There has been a recent spike in the number of people dying during…
Over 20,500 manual scavengers identified in India, reveals govt. survey
NEW DELHI: The latest survey conducted by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment…
Now robots to do manual scavenging
A group of engineering students from Kerala has developed a robot named Bandicoot for manual scavenging which is responsible for several deaths across the country every year.