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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

AAP govt striving to abolish manual scavenging, says Arvind Kejriwal

The 50 manual scavengers were given a three-month training in housekeeping.

7 Nov 2018 12:43 AM IST

To begin with, the government would be hiring 200 sewer-cleaning machines each of which would provide job to four persons and thus create 800 jobs.

Seven died while cleaning hotel sewer in Vadodara

The incident happened at a hotel in Fartikui village in Dabhoi tehsil, about 30 km from Vadodara city.

15 Jun 2019 11:58 AM IST

Despite all the measures, manual scavenging is still prevalent across the country. (Photo: Representational)

'Manual scavengers work in gas chambers,' SC slams Centre for pitiable...

In India, manual scavenging was traditionally a role decided by the caste system for members of the Dalit caste.

18 Sept 2019 2:24 PM IST

Our recent history tells us that not only do we not promote fraternity, we promote its opposite. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Constitution is just forgotten: No fraternity' exists in...

We have lost our empathy for those who are unlike us and we do not even recognise that we have lost it

4 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Manual scavenging is banned under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. (File)

Centre says no death reported due to manual scavenging, activists...

The govt does not identify deaths due to manual scavenging but calls them deaths due to hazardous cleaning of septic...

30 July 2021 12:54 PM IST