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Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com

Ignoring the lives of thousands of Dalits, Centre wants to declare India free of manual scavenging

Manual scavenging endures in India despite being outlawed in 2013.

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com
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Yogesh Pawar, Article-14.com
· Apr 21, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Why no one is ever held responsible for the deaths of Dalit sanitation workers

While generations of families engaged in manual scavenging continue to lose their lives, authorities remain untouched by law.

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com
&
Yogesh Pawar, Article-14.com
· Apr 17, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Manual scavenging has killed 400 Indians since it was banned – and yet nobody has been convicted

A look at the law that does not work and the lives at stake.

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com
&
Yogesh Pawar, Article-14.com
· Apr 16, 2021 · 02:00 pm

Hunger and malnutrition loom large over India as anganwadis stay shut amid coronavirus pandemic

As jobs are lost and starvation grows, the impact is being felt most by malnourished children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com
· Sep 11, 2020 · 01:30 pm