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Human Excreta in Hand, Activists Protest Against Manual Scavenging in MP’s Shivpuri
27 Nov 2019
On the occasion of 70th Constitution Day, the protesting activists demanded equal rights for sanitation workers and an immediate stop on manual scavenging as well as hazardous sewer cleaning.
Ronak Chhabra, Mukund Jha
Assembly Polls: ‘Not All Safai Karamcharis in Haryana Equal’
04 Oct 2019
In the run-up to the state Assembly elections, the permanent safai karmacharis were honoured with track suits by Faridabad’s Municipal Corporation, while the manual scavengers—mostly working on…
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New Plan for Manual Scavengers Misses Crucial Questions, Just an Eyewash: Bejwada Wilson
21 Aug 2019
The plan makes a departure from the traditional means for funding sanitation workers or their self help groups to buy the machines for cleaning the sewers and septic tanks.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Three More Manual Scavengers Die in UP
20 Jul 2019
This is the second case of sanitation workers’ death in less than a month in Uttar Pradesh.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Namami Gange: Two Sanitation Workers Suffocate to Death in Kanpur
21 Jun 2019
The daily wage sanitation workers had been employed by a contractor to clean a sewage chamber on the request of Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) under the Namami Gange project.
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Daily Roundup Ep. 104: Re-polling in Tripura West, Strong Opposition to BJP in UP and More
08 May 2019
In this episode we discuss the EC’s order to hold polls again in 168 booths in Tripura (West), the Aam Aadmi Party’s challenge for Delhi’s seven constituencies, Bhasha Singh’s ground report from…
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Daily Roundup Ep. 101: Examining Trends from Phase 4, is the EC Fulfilling its Mandate and More
04 May 2019
Journalists Seema Mustafa and Urmilesh analyse trends from Phase 4 of India’s Lok Sabha elections and Nikhil Wagle examines the role of the Election Commission in ensuring the Model Code of Conduct…
Abdul Alim Jafri
Two Manual Scavengers Die in Modi’s Varanasi
02 Mar 2019
The deaths occurred on March 1, as the final preparations were being carried out for PM Modi’s visit to his home constituency on March 8.