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Manual Scavenging Reality Check

  • What it takes for a city to end manual scavenging

    What it takes for a city to end manual scavenging

    Aarefa Johari
    · Feb 06, 2023 · 06:30 am
  • How Rajkot made progress in ending manual scavenging – and why it still has a long way to go

    How Rajkot made progress in ending manual scavenging – and why it still has a long way to go

    Aarefa Johari
    · Jan 29, 2023 · 06:30 am
  • How to cover up manual scavenging: Dhule municipality gives cash to workers but denies they exist

    How to cover up manual scavenging: Dhule municipality gives cash to workers but denies they exist

    Aarefa Johari
    · Jan 22, 2023 · 06:30 am
  • Manual scavenging deaths in Ahmedabad result in out-of-court settlements – not punitive justice

    Manual scavenging deaths in Ahmedabad result in out-of-court settlements – not punitive justice

    Aarefa Johari
    · Jan 15, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • Manual scavenging killed 19 people in Mumbai in past five years. But BMC records show zero deaths

    Manual scavenging killed 19 people in Mumbai in past five years. But BMC records show zero deaths

    Aarefa Johari
    · Jan 08, 2023 · 06:30 am