Topic: Manual Scavengers
Ban remains on paper, even govt indulging in manual scavenging
The manual scavenging practice continues to kill people 28 years after the mandate and the authorities to curb it facilitate its existence.
Another contractual sewer worker succumbs to his gruesome profession in Delhi
Bijender, aka Bobby aged 47 lost his life doing a doleful job of cleaning the sewers in Narela in Delhi on Friday (19 March, 2021); who had been in the profession for almost 10 years. He was the lone bread earner in his family and an only parent to his three minor daughters; after the death of his wife, approximately five years ago.
631 manual scavengers died in 10 years, a single person not punished under Prohibition of Manual Scavenging Act
According to the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) data, a total of 631 people have died in India while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in the last 10 years
Dalit Adivasi group says Parliament to take up manual scavengers bill without consultation
The Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM), a Dalit Adivasi rights network, has demanded that "the due process" for the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, scheduled for in the current session of Parliament, should be followed before passing it.
90 men, 12 women died in India after fell into manholes in 2019: Report
In 2019, 102 persons lost their lives in India after they fell into manholes, according to a report by National Crime Records Bureau.
We do not want a government that does not care about us: Manual scavengers’ manifesto
Ahead of 2019 elections, Safai Karmachari Andolan released their manifesto on Thursday.
