News: According to data from the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), of the 926 sewer deaths, families of 172 victims are yet to receive compensation. Gujarat and Maharashtra lag …
Read MoreNews: WHO has released a report titled “Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers — An Initial Assessment” Facts: About The Report The report has been jointly authored by the …
Read MoreNews:The Supreme Court of India has pulled up the Centre on the number of deaths of manual scavengers and for not providing them with protective gear. Facts: About Manual scavenging: …
Read MoreThe Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has asked all States and Union Territories to set up emergency response sanitation units (ERSU). The ERSUs are to set up in capital …
Read MoreAccording to the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry,88 people have died in manual scavenging related deaths in the past three years. The ministry has said that the number of deaths …
Read MoreThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman has said that the government needs to tell what it has done to end manual scavenging and merely putting laws in place will …
Read MoreA group of in IIT-Madras is developing a robot to clean septic tanks. Such inventions are particularly significant amidst frequent deaths of manual scavengers in India. According to the Safai …
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