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All corporation's sanitation workers should be observed as govt workers: V
Updated : 7 months ago IST
In the wake of conservancy workers being detained during their protest in Chennai, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) Founder-President Thol Thirumavalavan urged the Tamil Nadu government to recognise the corporation's sanitation workers as government workers.
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"...Not democracy but tyranny": TVK chief Vijay slams Tamil Nadu's DMK Gov
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Chennai police on Wednesday night detained sanitation workers who had been protesting for 13 consecutive days outside the Greater Chennai Corporation's Ripon Building, following a Madras High Court order to clear the protest site.
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Chennai sanitation workers detained at midnight after 13-day protest
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Around 800 sanitation workers, opposing the civic body's move to privatise waste management in two zones, were forcibly removed around midnight and taken away by buses within 45 minutes.
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Chennai sanitation workers continue to protest against privatisation for 1
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Since day one, all opposition parties, including All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation (AIADMK), BJP, ruling DMK alliance parties like the communist and VCK, have supported the sanitary workers' protest.
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'Cut us open and we bleed like them': Amnesty slams Pakistan's discriminat
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Amnesty International's report reveals severe caste and religion-based discrimination against Pakistan's sanitation workers, mainly Christians and Hindus. They face hazardous work, low pay, job insecurity, and social stigma, with little legal protection, highlighting systemic human rights
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Tamil Nadu: Sanitation workers' protest against privatisation enters sixth
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The protestors allege that the privatisation poses a serious threat to their job security, livelihood, and leaves them vulnerable to exploitation by private agencies. The protests erupted after GCC officials informed the NULM workers on July 31 that they would now have to coordinate with
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Sanitation Workers Commission announced in Bihar, Tejashwi urges timely pa
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Commenting on the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's announcement of the formation of the State Sanitation Workers Commission, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav emphasised the need to first ensure fulfilment of basic necessities for sanitation workers, like equipment and on-time salary.
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BJP workers protest against Thiruvananthapuram mayor, allege corruption in
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers staged a protest in front of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation office on Wednesday, alleging corruption in the appointment of sanitation workers by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
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UP: Cleanliness drive conducted across Lucknow to mark Rajnath Singh's bir
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
A cleanliness drive was conducted all across Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of the 74th birthday of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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Tamil Nadu; Sanitation workers press govt to implement promised changes
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Sanitation workers across all four zones of Thoothukudi Corporation in Tamil Nadu held a one-day strike demanding justice over long-pending issues and alleged that State government has not implemented promised changes despite a 2017 go-ahead.
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Tamil Nadu: Sanitation workers protest in Thoothukudi, demand better facil
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Sanitation workers from the Thoothukudi Corporation staged a protest on Wednesday, demanding better working conditions, the provision of essential equipment, and adequate payment for their services.
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MP CM Yadav performs shramdaan at Bhopal's Sheetal Das Ki Bagiya Ghat, hon
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
CM Yadav also urged the public to take a pledge to conserve water resources, mentioning that the future is impossible without water. The Chief Minister further highlighted that he participated in the cleanliness at the ghat in the city as part of the Jal Ganga Samvardhan Abhiyan for the revi
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