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Sanitation workers

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
Three sanitation workers die while cleaning sewage tank in Pune

Scroll Staff
· Oct 21, 2022 · 08:28 pm
347 workers have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks since 2017, says Centre

Scroll Staff
· Jul 20, 2022 · 11:22 am
How floods push Guwahati’s sanitation workers to the brink

Rishiraj Sen Ashika Thomas Sakshi Chindaliya Deepanshu Mohan
· Jul 20, 2022 · 06:30 am
Haryana: Four sanitation workers die while cleaning sewage tank in Hisar

Scroll Staff
· Apr 20, 2022 · 04:14 pm
Jailed for keeping Mumbai clean

Aarefa Johari
· Nov 24, 2021 · 06:30 am
Ignoring the lives of thousands of Dalits, Centre wants to declare India free of manual scavenging

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com 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

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com Yogesh Pawar, Article-14.com
· Apr 17, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Covid-19: Academics ask Centre, states to mechanise sanitation work, bring workers under healthcare

Scroll Staff
· Apr 21, 2020 · 09:44 pm
In Agra, fear of eviction stalls the fight for justice for a man who died after cleaning septic tank

Harsh Mander Sonal Sharma Vidit Verma
· Aug 13, 2019 · 07:30 am
Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal promises free safety kits to sanitation workers

Scroll Staff
· Jul 15, 2019 · 10:23 pm
Half the Vote: A sanitation worker in northern Rajasthan believes Modi has stolen food off her plate

Aarefa Johari
· May 04, 2019 · 08:00 am
How Mumbai’s sanitation workers fought the municipal corporation – and won

Sujatha Fernandes
· Mar 04, 2019 · 09:00 am
Opinion: Modi washing sanitation workers’ feet at Kumbh Mela lands a blow against Hindu social order

Peter Ronald deSouza
· Feb 27, 2019 · 09:00 am
The Daily Fix: By washing the feet of sanitation workers, Narendra Modi merely mocks their plight

Shoaib Daniyal
· Feb 26, 2019 · 09:30 am
Two rallies and a ‘GR wapsi’: Why sanitation workers held protests in Delhi and Mumbai on Monday

Vijayta Lalwani Aarefa Johari
· Feb 26, 2019 · 06:30 am
Where does your shit travel and who cleans it?

Anirudh A Ashar Aarefa Johari
· Feb 25, 2019 · 12:26 pm
Maharashtra: Three sanitation workers die while cleaning manhole in Thane

Scroll Staff
· Oct 27, 2018 · 03:35 pm
East Delhi sanitation workers call off strike after 28 days

Scroll Staff
· Oct 10, 2018 · 02:24 pm