Delhi has become the first state in the country to ban manual scavenging, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on February 26. The Chief Minister made the announcement while addressing a function organised by Delhi Commission for Safai Karamcharis. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for Speaker Meira Kumar to push through the revised bill on manual scavenging. "I would request the Speaker to use her position so that in the coming Budget Session, the bill can be made into law," the minister said. ...
09:47 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Manual scavenging is one of the "most shameful practices" and the government is committed to bring a law to address the menace, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. Inaugurating a photo exhibition on UN Human Rights Day at British Council here, he said "around three lakh families still clean around 27 lakh dry latrines" that exist in India. ...
10:39 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Chitradurga: Manual scavenging was banned in Karnataka in 1970 and across India in 1995. But even now inhuman incidents of manual scavenging are reported from various parts of the state. In the latest incident, the police at B G Kere outpost here allegedly made labourers clean a septic tank on Monday night. Agricultural labourers Basavaraj and Ganganna began cleaning the tank around 8 pm and the work went on till...
01:50 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Sagarika Ghose: The story of Prabhu and Guru Dhodiya and the terrible plight of manual scavengers. They do their job standing all day in human waste, standing in the unbearable extreme stench of night soil; they often have to stay dead drunk to do this job. They are sometimes unable to eat because of the human waste they are surrounded by. Many of them get asthma and the life expectancy...
11:18 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Manual scavenging was banned by Karnataka in 1970 and across the country in 1993 but a report by the people's union for civil liberties says that even today there are 8000 manual scavengers in India. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Manual scavenging was banned by Karnataka in 1970 and across the country in 1993 but a report by the people's union for civil liberties says that even today there are 8000 manual scavengers in India. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday said manual scavenging in the temple town of Pandharpur in Solapur district would be stopped. This was informed by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in the Legislative Assembly. Pandharpur is the only place in the state where conservancy workers are traditionally forced to carry human excreta on their heads to the pits. Chavan gave the assurance after some members raised the issue of conservancy workers...
09:51 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Mumbai: Days after CNN-IBN aired the plight of manual scavengers in Pandharpur, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday took up the matter in the Assembly. The Chief Minister said that he will meet the members of the community, who have been forced to undertake manual scavenging, on Thursday. The CM will discuss with officials on how to enforce stricter laws. A ban on manual scavenging was passed in 1993....
02:21 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: Taking forward the 'Satyamev Jayate' initiative, actor Aamir Khan called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. He highlighted the plight of manual scavengers. After meeting the Prime Minister, Aamir said that the Prime Minister has assured him that he'll address the issue. "I met the Prime Minister today on the manual scavenging issue. I requested that measures should be taken to end this practice, the PM has...
02:11 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Mumbai: There has been a revolt against the illegal and inhuman system of manual scavenging in Pandharpur in Maharashtra. Young men of the Mehtar caste, who have traditionally been manual scavengers for over 100 years, have refused to continue with the degrading system, ending decades of humiliation. Every year close to 1 crore 'Waris' or pilgrims, gather in Pandharpur. In the absence of any sanitation infrastructure, the administration coerces member...
01:24 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Lucknow: It is the 121st birth anniversary of the father of India's Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar who fought against untouchability and manual scavenging. CNN-IBN shows how in the heart of Lucknow, practices like manual scavenging and untouchability still exist, raising questions over the government's claims to have successfully enforced the ban in six months. In 1984, an alcoholic husband and her children going hungry forced Vimla to sell her jewellery,...
07:56 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Kolar: Despite being declared illegal, the practice of manual scavenging is still rampant in certain parts of the country, even after 65 years of Independence. The pictures of manual scavengers emptying a pit of human waste at Kolar in Karnataka can disgust one. Dealing with the extreme stench, inhaling toxic gases, it is one of the most inhuman jobs in the world. They earn Rs 100 each for cleaning a...
07:23 AM, Aug 14, 2011
In a first of its kind protest since post-independence, 250 'safai karmcharis' travelled across 20 states and 160 districts to protest against manual scavenging. ...
10:55 AM, Nov 01, 2010
Children from Valmiki Dalit caste are made to clean toilets. ...
02:05 PM, Aug 18, 2009
Melbourne: Sachin Tendulkar's ability to change with times is an amazing quality, feels Aussie great Mark Taylor after watching the Little Master score an imperious 73 on day two at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Former Australia captain Taylor revealed the ecstasy that he and his colleagues felt in the commentary box when Tendulkar played his signature on-drive off Ben Hilfenhaus en route his imperious 73-run knock here at the ...
10:24 AM, Apr 04, 2008
