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NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of sewer death in Delhi's Ashok Vihar, seek
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to officials, the incident took place around 11:30 pm near Harihar Apartments in Ashok Vihar Phase-II. Four men engaged in sewer cleaning fell unconscious inside.
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"Modi govt is doing injustice": Congress promises to end manual scavenging
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh lashed out at the centre and raised questions over the death of a sanitation worker due to a gas leak in Varanasi and promised to end manual scavenging.
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Delhi HC directs City government to pay additional Rs. 20 Lakh compensatio
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Delhi Government to make efforts to pay an additional Rs. 20 Lakh compensation to the families of sanitation workers who died due to manual scavenging.
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Strict legal action if manual scavenging is practised: Karnataka CM Siddar
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah warned against practising manual scavengers in the state asserting strict legal action.
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"Nothing offending in it..." Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai condemns arres
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Reacting to the arrest of Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party state secretary SG Suryah, over his tweet critical of Madurai MP and CPI Councillor, party State president K Annamalai on Saturday said that "there was nothing offending in the tweet".
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Four labourers die cleaning grease tank at meat plant in Punjab's Dera Bas
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Four labourers died while cleaning a grease tank in a Federal Meat Plant in Punjab's Dera Bassi on Friday afternoon, said a police official.
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TN: Controversy erupts as on alleged MLA order sanitation worker cleans se
Updated : 3 years, 4 months 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 : 3 years, 5 months 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 years, 7 months 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 : 3 years, 7 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 : 4 years, 4 months 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 : 4 years, 6 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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