Topic: Manual Scavengers
Three sewage workers die in Kolkata while working days after SC ban on manual scavenging
Within a few days of the Supreme Court’s ban on manual scavenging and sewage cleaning in six major metropolitan cities, three workers died today at the Bantala Leather Complex near Kolkata after drowning while cleaning sewage and chemical waste, allegedly without protective gear.
Supreme Court bans manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday passed directions banning manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities in a writ petition seeking the eradication of manual scavenging in the county.
Delhi: Family fights for justice as son dies in septic tank, says ‘no authorities visited, no action taken’
“I lost my son, and none of these people are doing anything. From the police to the Jal Board officials, no one has taken any action. My son died, and his accused roam free.”
Dying in shadows: Suraj Lohar’s death exposes grim reality of India’s banned manual scavenging
On the evening of November 4, Suraj Lohar, a 24-year-old security guard and cum sanitation worker employed by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), was...
Fact-finding report says state failed to ensure dignity in life, accountability in deaths of sanitation workers
The tragic deaths of four sanitation workers in separate incidents in Delhi have ignited outrage and brought renewed attention to the persistent neglect of safety standards in the manual scavenging sector.
43 died while cleaning sewers, septic tanks in 6 months, but Budget remain silent, says Bezwada Wilson
Between the Interim Budget on February 1, 2024, and the Union Budget on July 23, 2024, 43 sanitation workers died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks, yet neither manual scavenging nor sewer fatalities were mentioned in the Union Budget 2024, said Bezwada Wilson, national convenor of Safai Karmachari Andolan.
