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Manual Scavenging Spotted Outside Supreme Court, Delhi Government Gets Steep Fine
The Delhi Public Works Department has been fined Rs 5 lakh by the Supreme Court after its labourers were found cleaning sewers outside the court building manually -- a process that is banned in view of the risks it poses to workers.
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Ensure Compliance With Anti-Manual Scavenging Law: Court To Government
The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government to ensure strict compliance with the statutory provisions of the Employment As Manual Scavengers And Their Rehabilitation Act and the rules framed under it.
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Delhi Assembly Elections 2020: AAP Leader Sant Lal Chawaria Joins BJP
Delhi Safai Karamchari Commission chairman and AAP leader Sant Lal Chawaria joined the BJP on Sunday in presence party leader Shyam Jaju.
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801 Workers Died Cleaning Sewers Since 1993: Central Panel Chief
As many as 801 sanitation workers have died while cleaning sewers in the country since 1993, said Manhar Valjibhai Zala, chairperson, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), Thursday.
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100 Families Given Rs 10 Lakh For Deaths Due To Manual Scavenging
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis has ensured payment of mandatory compensation of Rs 10 lakh to 100 families whose members died as a result of manual scavenging, NCSK chairman Manhar Valjibhai Zala said Thursday.
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10 Lakh Compensation Sought After 5 Men Die While Cleaning Sewer
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Wednesday directed the district magistrate (west) to give a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of each of the five people dead due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank at a housing complex in Moti Nagar area in Delhi, officials said.
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Postgraduates Among 5 Lakh Candidates Applying For Sweepers' Posts In UP
As many as five lakh aspirants, including graduates and postgraduates, have applied for 3,275 posts of 'safai karamchari' (sweepers) in Kanpur Municipal Corporation, an official said today.
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Delhi Sanitation Workers Call Off Strike Amid Rift Amongst Union Leaders
Sanitation workers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) went on a strike on Saturday to protest against the non-payment of salaries and in support of their demand for permanent jobs.
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New Delhi Municipal Council Gardeners, Sweepers to go Abroad for Training
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to send a team of gardeners and safai karamcharis (cleaning staff) abroad for training to give the areas under it the spruced up look of Singapore or Shanghai.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Sanitation Workers for the Second Day
Latching on to the salary issue of sanitation workers, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday made a strong pro-poor pitch assuring them that he will give his "whole life to fight" for the rights of the under-privileged wherever they are being suppressed.
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A Battle of Brooms Between AAP and BJP as Delhi Grapples With Garbage Crisis
The AAP today launched a cleanliness drive in the national capital a day after sanitation workers called off a 12-day strike, averting a looming health crisis. The BJP, which has been locked in a bitter tussle with the AAP, promptly followed with its own sanitation drive.
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Funds for Sanitation Workers Will be Released Today: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung
On a day Rahul Gandhi mounted attack on the Centre and Delhi government over non-payment of salaries to municipal sanitation workers, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung announced that Rs 493 crore would be released to the civic bodies today itself to cover the dues.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Striking Sanitation Workers in Delhi as Garbage Crisis Mounts
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi sat on the ground surrounded by protesting sanitation workers in East Delhi, parts of which have turned into giant garbage dumps with an estimated 15,000 tonnes of waste rotting on roadsides in the sweltering summer heat.
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Manual Scavenging Spotted Outside Supreme Court, Delhi Government Gets Steep Fine
The Delhi Public Works Department has been fined Rs 5 lakh by the Supreme Court after its labourers were found cleaning sewers outside the court building manually -- a process that is banned in view of the risks it poses to workers.
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Ensure Compliance With Anti-Manual Scavenging Law: Court To Government
The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government to ensure strict compliance with the statutory provisions of the Employment As Manual Scavengers And Their Rehabilitation Act and the rules framed under it.
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Delhi Assembly Elections 2020: AAP Leader Sant Lal Chawaria Joins BJP
Delhi Safai Karamchari Commission chairman and AAP leader Sant Lal Chawaria joined the BJP on Sunday in presence party leader Shyam Jaju.
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801 Workers Died Cleaning Sewers Since 1993: Central Panel Chief
As many as 801 sanitation workers have died while cleaning sewers in the country since 1993, said Manhar Valjibhai Zala, chairperson, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), Thursday.
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100 Families Given Rs 10 Lakh For Deaths Due To Manual Scavenging
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis has ensured payment of mandatory compensation of Rs 10 lakh to 100 families whose members died as a result of manual scavenging, NCSK chairman Manhar Valjibhai Zala said Thursday.
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10 Lakh Compensation Sought After 5 Men Die While Cleaning Sewer
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Wednesday directed the district magistrate (west) to give a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of each of the five people dead due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank at a housing complex in Moti Nagar area in Delhi, officials said.
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Postgraduates Among 5 Lakh Candidates Applying For Sweepers' Posts In UP
As many as five lakh aspirants, including graduates and postgraduates, have applied for 3,275 posts of 'safai karamchari' (sweepers) in Kanpur Municipal Corporation, an official said today.
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Delhi Sanitation Workers Call Off Strike Amid Rift Amongst Union Leaders
Sanitation workers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) went on a strike on Saturday to protest against the non-payment of salaries and in support of their demand for permanent jobs.
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New Delhi Municipal Council Gardeners, Sweepers to go Abroad for Training
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to send a team of gardeners and safai karamcharis (cleaning staff) abroad for training to give the areas under it the spruced up look of Singapore or Shanghai.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Sanitation Workers for the Second Day
Latching on to the salary issue of sanitation workers, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday made a strong pro-poor pitch assuring them that he will give his "whole life to fight" for the rights of the under-privileged wherever they are being suppressed.
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A Battle of Brooms Between AAP and BJP as Delhi Grapples With Garbage Crisis
The AAP today launched a cleanliness drive in the national capital a day after sanitation workers called off a 12-day strike, averting a looming health crisis. The BJP, which has been locked in a bitter tussle with the AAP, promptly followed with its own sanitation drive.
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Funds for Sanitation Workers Will be Released Today: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung
On a day Rahul Gandhi mounted attack on the Centre and Delhi government over non-payment of salaries to municipal sanitation workers, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung announced that Rs 493 crore would be released to the civic bodies today itself to cover the dues.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Striking Sanitation Workers in Delhi as Garbage Crisis Mounts
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi sat on the ground surrounded by protesting sanitation workers in East Delhi, parts of which have turned into giant garbage dumps with an estimated 15,000 tonnes of waste rotting on roadsides in the sweltering summer heat.
