manual scavenging

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

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…

November 27, 2023

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…

February 23, 2023

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…

October 7, 2022

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…

June 22, 2022

“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…

April 4, 2022

Bereaved, deceived

As part of a series on the shadowy world of manual scavenging, Patriot visits the family of the second person…

November 29, 2018

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…

November 13, 2018