Manual Scavengers

Government Failed To Implement Manual Scavenging Act Of 2013: Rahul Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 11, 2021

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the government over deaths of 389 people in the country while manually cleaning sewers from 2015 to 2019 and alleged that it had "failed" to implement the Manual Scavenging Act.

Opinion: We Must Stop Being Witnesses To Manual Scavenging

Opinion | Vijayasai Reddy | Tuesday September 8, 2020

Manual scavengers by and large belong to the most disadvantaged of the Dalit sub-castes; they face discrimination even within the Dalit community; it's been an age-old daily routine for this community.

Usha Chaumar's Journey From Manual Scavenger To Padma Shri Awardee

Offbeat | ANI | Tuesday February 4, 2020

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.

Manual Scavenging Still Continues In India Due To Weak Laws: UN Study

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 15, 2019

Manual scavenging, banned through a legislation in 2013, still prevailed in India due to ''weak legal protection and lack of enforcement'' of the rules, according to a new global study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and others.

"Sending People To Gas Chambers": Top Court Fumes About Manual Scavenging

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 18, 2019

Around five people employed as manual scavengers die every month, the Supreme Court said today, pulling up the government for not providing protective gear like gas masks and oxygen cylinders to such workers.

"No Other Country Sends People To Gas Chamber": Top Court On Sewer Deaths

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 18, 2019

Expressing serious concern over people dying during manual scavenging and sewage cleaning in India, the Supreme Court today said nowhere in the world people are sent to "gas chambers to die".

Robots For Sewer Cleaning: Delhi Minister To Meet Kerala Engineers

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 7, 2019

The Delhi government is mulling over roping in robots to clean sewers in the city''s inaccessible narrow lanes and Social Justice Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam will travel to Kerala in July end to talk to a group of engineers in this regard.

7 Die Of Suffocation While Cleaning Gujarat Hotel Septic Tank

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday June 15, 2019

Seven people, including four sanitation workers, died of suffocation while cleaning a hotel sewer in Gujarat, officials have told NDTV, in the latest incident that highlights the appalling conditions that they have to work under. The men had entered the septic tank without any safety gear, news agency AFP reported.

Workers Doing India's Dirtiest Job Say PM Modi Has Failed Them

India News | Reuters | Sunday April 7, 2019

Five sanitation workers, all from the lowest rung of India's caste system, were chosen in late February to meet a very important guest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Delhi May Use Robots To Clean Sewers, Septic Tanks

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday February 21, 2019

In an attempt to fully eradicate manual scavenging from the Indian capital, the Delhi government is working towards robotic solutions for cleaning sewers and septic tanks.

On World Toilet Day, A New Machine Aims To End India's Sewer Death Shame

India News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 19, 2018

Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India but a machine unveiled for Monday's World Toilet Day could help to end that tragic record.

Hope Machine To End Woes Of Manual Scavengers Involved In Cleaning Sewer

India News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 19, 2018

Hundreds of "manual scavengers" die each year cleaning out sewers in cities across India, but a machine unveiled on World Toilet Day today could help to end that tragic record. Thousands of people, especially below poverty line, are employed in one of the world's dirtiest jobs unclogging human waste from underground pipes.

Sad Manual Scavenging Exists After 70 Years Of Independence: Kejriwal

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday November 6, 2018

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today rued the existence of manual scavenging even 70 years after India's Independence, underscoring his government's resolve to eliminate the practice.

Safety Gear Not Provided To Man Who Died Inside Delhi Sewer: Ministry

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 29, 2018

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said today the man who died working inside a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage pumping station tank in northwest Delhi was not provided the prescribed safety gear.

On Manual Scavenging, Centre Keen On Time-Bound Approach: Minister

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 12, 2018

Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday said the central was keen on eradicating manual scavenging in a time-bound manner, urging states to implement the relevant law in letter and spirit.