Bandicoot, a pneumatic semi-robotic device created to clean sewers and manholes, is claimed to be the world’s first manhole cleaning robot ...
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Manual Scavenging
Manual Scavenging
As per the data shared by Union minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in the Lok Sabha, over 100 people have died in 2019 alone while cleaning sewers and septic tanks which is a jump of almost 62 per cent from 2018 ...
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24-year-old sanitation worker, Ravi died when he along with another 35-year-old sanitation worker entered a sewer in CBD ground in Delhi’s Karkadooma to clean it ...
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According to a new report published by NGO WaterAid, sanitation workers often come into direct contact with human waste, working with no equipment or protection, which exposes them to a wide variety of health hazards and disease ...
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Through his lens CS Sharada Prasad, an engineer turned into social scientist researching on sanitation access in low and middle-income countries, has dived into the world of sanitation workers ...
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According to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Jal Board will deploy trucks and trained staff for the cleaning of septic tanks across Delhi and the waste will be collected free of charge ...
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The study "Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers An Initial Assessment" says the financial situation of sanitary workers in India is ''precarious'' and it is a job linked to "a caste-based structure" ...
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Delhi's Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam has claimed that his government has put an end to manual scavenging and was exploring alternative ways to clean septic tanks in malls and buildings ...
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A Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra questioned Centre’s Attorney General K K Venugopal, as to why proper protective gear like mask and oxygen cylinders were not being provided to people engaged in manual scavenging ...
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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh each for the family members of the workers who died, a government statement said ...
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A country free from manual scavenging is the dream that Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning human right activist Bezwada Wilson has for India, as he continues to fight to free manual scavengers from the inhumane working conditions 20 years after the practice was legally abolished ...
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In a letter to Delhi chief secretary Vijay Dev, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (sanitation workers) asked for the reason behind deaths due to manual scavenging in the national capital, despite the purchase of 200 sewer cleaning machines ...
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