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TN: Controversy erupts as on alleged MLA order sanitation worker cleans se
Updated : 1 month ago IST
A fresh controversy has erupted in Tamil Nadu's Chennai where a sanitation worker was seen cleaning an alleged sewer with his bare hands after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA J.J.Ebenezer asked him to clean blocked sewage immediately as people in the area of his consistency, RK Na
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Tamil Maanila Congress (M) MP gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha for di
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) MP GK Vasan gave Zero Hour Notice in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the need to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging in the country."
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Pune septic tank horror: Body of missing sanitation worker fished out; tot
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): The body of the sanitation worker who went missing this morning while cleaning a septic chamber in Pune was found by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) officials today.
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Genrobotic's Bandicoot Robot emerged as the winner of Swachhata Startup Ch
Updated : 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI/PNN): Genrobotics, the leading Indian robotic company, has emerged as the winner of The Swachhata Startup Challenge for their product Bandicoot, as the best innovative solution to eliminate manual scavenging, which also transforms the sanitation workers' liv
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Haryana CM announces Rs 10 lakh to next of kin of workers who died cleanin
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], January 11 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday announced that the next of kin of the workers who died while cleaning sewers will be given financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh.
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President Kovind calls manual scavenging 'shameful practice', asks citizen
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday called manual scavenging a 'shameful practice' and said that its eradication is not only the responsibility of the government but also of the society and citizens.
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NHRC advisory to Centre, states for protection of rights of persons engage
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued an advisory to the Centre, States and UTs for protecting the rights of persons engaged in manual scavenging or hazardous cleaning.
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Jaipur company develops robot for drainage cleaning with aim to eliminate
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 6 (ANI): To prevent loss of lives because of manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, a Jaipur-based company has developed a robot for drainage cleaning.
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Plea in Delhi HC to make Centre party to petition seeking compliance of Ma
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): An application has been filed in Delhi High Court seeking urgent listing and impleading Union of India as a necessary party to the proceedings for proper adjudication of the petition seeking strict compliance of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employmen
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Continuance of manual scavenging goes against Constitutional values, viola
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice A. K. Mishra said on Monday that the widespread persistence of the practice of manual scavenging, despite laws and guidelines for its elimination, not only goes against the values of our Constitution
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Manual scavenging an embarrassment for India, says Jaya Bachchan
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday said it is a source of embarrassment for all the citizens of India that manual scavenging still exists in the country.
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PIL against manual scavenging, SC adjourns to August saying can't compel a
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to August the hearing on a plea filed seeking directions to gauge a number of persons employed either directly or indirectly as manual scavengers and the actual number of dead since its prohibition in 1993 Manual Scaven
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