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NHRC advisory to Centre, states for protection of rights of persons engage
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued an advisory to the Centre, States and UTs for protecting the rights of persons engaged in manual scavenging or hazardous cleaning.
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Jaipur company develops robot for drainage cleaning with aim to eliminate
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 6 (ANI): To prevent loss of lives because of manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, a Jaipur-based company has developed a robot for drainage cleaning.
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Plea in Delhi HC to make Centre party to petition seeking compliance of Ma
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): An application has been filed in Delhi High Court seeking urgent listing and impleading Union of India as a necessary party to the proceedings for proper adjudication of the petition seeking strict compliance of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employmen
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Continuance of manual scavenging goes against Constitutional values, viola
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice A. K. Mishra said on Monday that the widespread persistence of the practice of manual scavenging, despite laws and guidelines for its elimination, not only goes against the values of our Constitution
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Manual scavenging an embarrassment for India, says Jaya Bachchan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday said it is a source of embarrassment for all the citizens of India that manual scavenging still exists in the country.
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PIL against manual scavenging, SC adjourns to August saying can't compel a
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to August the hearing on a plea filed seeking directions to gauge a number of persons employed either directly or indirectly as manual scavengers and the actual number of dead since its prohibition in 1993 Manual Scaven
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Amitabh Bachchan pledges to join 'any campaign' that works for welfare of
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Talking about the plight of sanitation workers, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday termed manual scavenging as an "unconstitutional and illegal act" and said that he has pledged to join any campaign that works for the benefit for such workers.
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Anand Mahindra joins as Genrobotics raises Rs 2.5 crore in pre-series A
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Genrobotics, a Thiruvananthapuram-based robotics company, has raised Rs 2.5 crore in pre-series A round from existing investors Unicorn India Ventures to spread the use of automated manhole cleaning.
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Manholes in Guwahati to be cleaned by Robots
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 29 (ANI): Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Guwahati Development Department (GDD) Minister on Tuesday inaugurated the first-ever manhole cleaning robot to end manual scavenging.
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Manual scavenging-- a caste-based discrimination that persists in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): It's a cultural, traditional inertia of sorts that the descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted to Christianity centuries ago still find themselves marginalized and subjected to menial labour, including manual scavenging in Pakistan.
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Usha Chaumar's inspirational journey from manual scavenger to Padma Shri a
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Once a manual scavenger, Usha Chaumar from Alwar has won the Padma Shri award this year, inspiring one and all with her journey full of adversity, where she emerged as a winner.
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Coimbatore municipal corporation uses robots to end manual scavenging
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): In a bid to eliminate manual scavenging in Coimbatore, the municipal corporation is now taking the help of robots to clean the clogged drains of the city.
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