Cleaning sewers and septic tanks is occupation-based, not caste-based activity: Centre

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 11:21 am

Sanitation worker deaths: Maharashtra issues new guidelines for manual cleaning of septic tanks

Scroll Staff

· May 06, 2024 · 01:55 pm

NHRC seeks report from Haryana and Gujarat governments on deaths of seven sanitation workers

Scroll Staff

· Apr 06, 2023 · 08:56 pm

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

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· 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

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· 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

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· 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

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· 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