Manual Scavenging

732 dist have become manual scavenging-free in India: Athawale

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, in a written reply to a…

4 months ago

Madras HC directs state govt to involve septic tank cleaning

Representative Image CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: Intending to eradicate manual cleaning, the Madras High Court has directed the state government to…

7 months ago

NCSK calls for stringent punishment to stop manual scavenging

Representative Image PANAJI, Goa: The National Commission for Safai Karmacharis (NCSK) has expressed their discontent over the manual cleaning of…

10 months ago

ULBs should ensure no person enters manholes: Gujarat CM

Representative Image GANDHINAGAR, Gujarat: Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel directed the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to ensure that no…

1 year ago

HC directs civic heads to take ‘no manual scavenging’ pledge

Representative Image CHENNAI: Madras High Court has directed all the municipal corporations and municipalities to file an undertaking to the…

3 years ago

Rajasthan govt bans manual scavenging in the state

Representative Image JAIPUR: In view of the finding that COVID-19 can spread through sewage, the Government of Rajasthan, in an…

4 years ago

Gujarat HC expresses dissent over practice of manual scavenging

Representative Image AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court, on November 10, expressed its dissent on the practice of manual scavenging in…

5 years ago

SC questions Centre on deaths due to manual scavenging

Representative Image NEW DELHI: There has been a recent spike in the number of people dying during manual scavenging and…

5 years ago

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 has revealed that manual scavenging…

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago