Rush Hour podcast: Manual scavenging still prevails in a third of India

Scroll Staff

· Jun 07, 2023 · 08:10 pm

34% districts yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging

Scroll Staff

· Jun 07, 2023 · 12:18 pm

UP: Four killed due to toxic fumes after getting trapped while cleaning sewer

Scroll Staff

· May 29, 2023 · 02:07 pm

Only one conviction for unsafe sewer cleaning, Centre tells Parliament panel

Scroll Staff

· Mar 24, 2023 · 08:04 pm

1,035 persons died while cleaning sewers in the last 30 years

Scroll Staff

· Mar 15, 2023 · 11:39 am

SC seeks information from Centre on steps taken to prevent manual scavenging

Scroll Staff

· Feb 25, 2023 · 08:50 pm

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

Aarefa Johari

· Jan 29, 2023 · 06:30 am

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

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

Aarefa Johari

· Jan 08, 2023 · 06:30 am

Parliament panel questions delay in compensation for sewer cleaning deaths

Scroll Staff

· Dec 19, 2022 · 09:22 am

FIR filed after two men suffocate to death while cleaning septic tank in Gurugram

Scroll Staff

· Oct 31, 2022 · 03:38 pm

Delhi HC takes cognisance of report about deaths in Mundka due to toxic gases in sewer

Scroll Staff

· Sep 12, 2022 · 01:49 pm

Delhi: Two dead in Mundka after inhaling toxic fumes inside sewer

Scroll Staff

· Sep 10, 2022 · 11:40 am

No manual scavengers in India but 330 died cleaning sewers from 2017 to 2021, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Scroll Staff

· Aug 04, 2022 · 03:49 pm

‘The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a complete flop on the objective of eradication of manual scavenging’

Smitha Nair

· Jul 23, 2022 · 03:30 pm

347 workers have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks since 2017, says Centre

Scroll Staff

· Jul 20, 2022 · 11:22 am

Why India needs a new law to combat the deaths of workers in sewers and septic tanks

Prashant Reddy T Harsh Tripathi

· Jul 19, 2022 · 09:00 am

Three workers die of asphyxiation while repairing sewage tank in Madurai

Scroll Staff

· Apr 23, 2022 · 09:25 am