Every year, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informally employs workers through contractors to clean rivers, gutters, stormwater,…
Tag: Manual Scavengers
Tamil Nadu: Two Dalit men die of asphyxiation in sewage chamber
Two Dalit men died of asphyxiation while cleaning a sewage chamber at the staff quarters of…
2 labourers die in Mumbai after falling into manhole, four arrested for not providing safety gear
Two contract labourers died after falling into a manhole of an underground drain while carrying out…
34% districts in India yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging
Over one-third of districts in India, accounting for 508 out of 766 districts, have yet to…
Two men died while cleaning drainage in Gujarat
Two men — a worker and a contractor — died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning…
Tamil Nadu: Three Dalit men killed while cleaning septic tank
Three Dalit men involved in cleaning a septic tank at a private resort in Sriperumbudur in…
Criminal silence
Even when the relentless 'Action 2022' campaign against sewer and septic tank deaths across India continues…
Open letter: Privacy, dignity and autonomy of Safai Karamcharis
Rights groups and activists while expressing their concerns over human rights violations to the National Commission…