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July 15, 2025

Tag: manual scavenging

On Tuesday, two workers, namely Brijesh (26) and Vikram (30), allegedly died after losing consciousness while cleaning a sewage treatment plant at a private hospital in West Delhi’s Paschim Vihar. They were deployed to clean the...
After the Public Works Department, PWD of Delhi, shared a social media post on its official X handle on Tuesday that showed labourers waist-deep in a stormwater drain while carrying out desilting work on a road...
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Three workers die of asphyxiation while cleaning a sewage tank in Tamil Nadu, Human Rights Commission takes suo motu cognizance

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance after a media report claimed that three workers died while another’s condition...

Human Rights Directive on Manual Scavenging: हाथ से सीवर सफाई पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट सख्त, NHRC ने सभी राज्यों से 14 आदेशों की तत्काल अमल...

भारत में अब भी हाथ से सीवर सफाई (Manual Scavenging in India) की घटनाएं सामने आने पर चिंता जताते हुए, राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग (National...

One Died and Two Others Severely Injured While Cleaning Sewer in Delhi’s New Friends Colony

One worker died and two others were hospitalised during maintenance work on a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) pipe in the new Friends colony area...

Women in villages still manually clean fecal matter; 12 people have already died in 2025: Bezwada Wilson 

Mumbai, India: “Women in villages still manually clean fecal matter from toilets and septic tanks. 12 people have already died since the beginning of...

Manual Scavenging – A Law Without Enforcement

On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, tragedy struck in Jakhoda village of Bahadurgarh in Haryana's Jhajjar district as four people, including two migrant labourers, lost their...

Robotic Push to Erase the Dark Practice of Manual Scavenging

The long past and persistence of the practice of manual scavenging remain a big blot in our country. The efforts undertaken have unfortunately not...

Support for Sanitation Workers during COVID-19

Sanitation workers are the backbone of our country. Without them working disregarding their own health and safety, survival would be impossible in most of...

CSR: Rescuing the future of Manual Scavengers in India

Statistics have suggested that it is safer to be a soldier in Kashmir than a manual scavenger in India. Quartz India has pointed out...

CSR: Manual Scavenging in India

Manual Scavenging is the inhuman practice which involves cleaning of human excreta without any personal protective equipment with shoddy tools and most of the...

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