Delhi HC grants Rs 30 lakh compensation to widow of sanitation worker

In October, the Supreme Court, recognizing the prolonged bondage and inhumane conditions endured by manual scavengers, called for the complete eradication of manual scavenging nationwide

Delhi HC voices displeasure over hurdles in employment of victim’s family

During the hearing, the Delhi government counsel said the widow of the deceased or someone on her behalf would be accommodated and some employment will be provided

Delhi’s man-eating sewers claim two more lives, toll reaches 44 in five years

While Genrobotics emerges as a winner of the Swachata Startup Challenge because of their product Bandicoot – the innovation to eliminate manual scavenging – human beings are still dying in the process of cleaning Delhi’s manholes

Robots to the rescue: IIT-M working to end manual unblocking of sewers

The deaths of sanitation workers due to inhalation of toxic fumes in manholes can be prevented by the deployment of HomoSEPs — robots that homogenise the sludge in septic tanks, eliminating the need to manually open blockages

“Last month, I fainted while cleaning a sewer in Munirka”

The recent string of accidents in Delhi’s sewage lines has once again exposed the fact that the scourge of manual scavenging continues despite all efforts of the administration 

Bereaved, deceived

As part of a series on the shadowy world of manual scavenging, Patriot visits the family of the second person who died on July 15, 2017. The first was Swarn Singh, whose family we met last week “I still remember the sight when I saw his body lying there. His clothes were wet and dirty […]

Are these deaths or murders?

Our drains, sewers and septic tanks need to be cleaned time and again. Some of these tanks have taken 612 lives since 1993, as per official data. In the one particular incident we investigated, four people died on July 15 last year while cleaning a septic tank. The incident proved that manual scavenging very much […]