Ground Report: ‘The Contractor Denied His Request for Safety Gear’: Kishan Lal Died Cleaning a Sewer in Delhi, Leaving Behind a Family of Five

Promised a job and compensation, the family is now running pillar to post for availing both.

Govt Needs to Tell What It Has Done on The Menace of People Dying Cleaning Sewers: NHRC Chief

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“Merely putting laws in place will not to suffice; the ground realities need to change.”

Separate Ministry, Apology From PM: Safai Karamchari Andolan Releases First Manifesto

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The SKA also called for increasing the compensation in case of sewer deaths to Rs 1 crore.

Ground Report: What Does a Day in the Life of a Sanitation Worker in Delhi Really Look Like?

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“Some years ago, I went down a sewerage pipeline. I felt I was suffocating. I would have died if I had been down there for another 10-15 minutes.”

Low Wages, No Safety Equipment, Institutional Apathy: How Manual Scavenging is Still Practised in Kolkata

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Contractors employ sanitation workers on a daily basis. For four hours of work some contractors pay Rs 230, others pay Rs 180.

Rafale Files, Jobs, Even a Judge: Social Media Users Trend #GayabHoGaya to List Everything that Vanished Under Modi Govt

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi suggested that the phrase should be the Modi govt’s new slogan.

अब आप न्यूज़ सेंट्रल 24x7 को हिंदी में पढ़ सकते हैं।यहाँ क्लिक करें
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