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Manual Scavenging

  • Government claims to have assisted 91% of India’s manual scavengers, without counting 93% of them

    Government claims to have assisted 91% of India’s manual scavengers, without counting 93% of them

    Swagata Yadavar, FactChecker.in
    · Jun 25, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • 'Kakkoos': Documentary reveals the brutal reality of manual scavenging

    'Kakkoos': Documentary reveals the brutal reality of manual scavenging

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Mar 21, 2017 · 01:30 pm
  • Why open defecation in India will end only with the annihilation of caste

    Why open defecation in India will end only with the annihilation of caste

    Nikhil Srivastav
    · Sep 11, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • Though government bodies deny it, manual scavenging is widespread in India despite a ban

    Though government bodies deny it, manual scavenging is widespread in India despite a ban

    Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
    · Aug 27, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Lessons for the media from a fishing village: 'We the people are so ignorant'

    Lessons for the media from a fishing village: 'We the people are so ignorant'

    Scroll
    · Aug 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Mind the gap: Why the decline of Harappan civilisation sent India's sewage system down the drain

    Mind the gap: Why the decline of Harappan civilisation sent India's sewage system down the drain

    Girish Shahane
    · Aug 04, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • Saluting Bezwada Wilson, a man who gets his hands dirty to clean the rot of caste oppression

    Saluting Bezwada Wilson, a man who gets his hands dirty to clean the rot of caste oppression

    Harsh Mander
    · Aug 01, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • How Bezwada Wilson is working to get India to end the practice of Dalits cleaning human excreta

    How Bezwada Wilson is working to get India to end the practice of Dalits cleaning human excreta

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 27, 2016 · 07:43 pm
  • Jobs cleaning human excreta are illegal, so how do they persist in India?

    Jobs cleaning human excreta are illegal, so how do they persist in India?

    Chaitanya Mallapur and Video Volunteers, IndiaSpend.com
    · May 28, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Watch: In ‘manual scavenging free’ Gujarat, workers have to clean sewage without any protective gear

    Watch: In ‘manual scavenging free’ Gujarat, workers have to clean sewage without any protective gear

    Scroll Staff
    · May 13, 2016 · 11:00 am
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