The Long Struggle of India’s Sanitation Workers
For centuries, the caste system has forced Dalit laborers to handle human waste in deadly conditions. Now they are rising up.
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/08/24/the-long-struggle-of-indias-sanitation-workers/
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'Dalits kept as cleaners': Brahmins dominate Sulabh toilets' top managerial positions
The founder of Sulabh International, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, is said to have brought 'revolution' to the toilet system in India by introducing the concept of 'paid toilet' system. However, Sulabh International actually became the biggest beneficiary of the hypocrisy of a society which refuses to pay honourably to a community which is enslaved. Community people continue to work as manual scavengers.
https://www.counterview.net/2023/08/dalits-kept-as-cleaners-brahmins.html
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Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging
The Central Monitoring Committee of the Ministry has confirmed that “majority of the data uploaded on the mobile app have been verified by the National PMU and none of them has been found to be correct”.
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339 Lives Lost to Manual Scavenging in the Last Five Years, Govt Data Reveals
Although manual scavenging is an outlawed practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act, 2013, several die every year cleaning sewers and septic tanks.
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TN saw five manual scavenging deaths in 18 days. All deterrents only on paper?
Activists allege that successive governments in the state have failed to effectively enforce the ban on manual scavenging through awareness campaigns, rehabilitation measures and technological advancements.
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CM Stalin expresses concern over T.N. lagging behind in prevention of deaths due to manual scavenging
The CM said officials were not paying enough attention to this and warned of strict action; he also asked that a standard operating procedure be brought out to be followed, to prevent such deaths.
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The continuing shame of manual scavenging
Budget 2023’s claim to end the practice might be just another in a long line of hollow promises.
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What it takes for a city to end manual scavenging
Banning manual scavenging isn’t enough. Cities make progress when they recieve funds to purchase machines, as Vasai-Virar in Maharashtra shows.
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https://scroll.in/article/1043213/what-it-takes-for-a-city-to-end-manual-scavenging
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‘Need Concrete Blueprint, Not Sloganeering‘: Sanitation Workers on Budget Promise on Sewage System
All the noise about mechanical cleaning of sewers and septic tanks neither has any accountability nor transparency,' the Safai Karamchari Andolan said in a statement released on February 1.
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https://thewire.in/rights/union-budget-manual-scavenging-safai-karamcharis
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How Rajkot made progress in ending manual scavenging – and why it still has a long way to go
The fourth part in a series that investigates claims by municipal authorities in western India about eradicating the hazardous work of manual scavenging.
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How to cover up manual scavenging: Dhule municipality gives cash to workers but denies they exist
A five-part series on the failure of municipal authorities in western India to eradicate the hazardous work of manually cleaning drains and tanks.
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Manual scavenging deaths in Ahmedabad result in out-of-court settlements – not punitive justice
The second part in a series investigating how municipal authorities in western India cover up the illegal practice of manual scavenging.
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Manual scavenging killed 19 people in Mumbai in past five years. But BMC records show zero deaths
The first part in a series investigating how municipal authorities in western India cover up the illegal practice of manual scavenging.
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'Witness' Is an Anti-Caste Film That Treats its Protagonists With Dignity and Humanity
There is little doubt that Ambedkar’s message remains front and centre throughout the film.
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#CPIM மாநில செயற்குழு உறுப்பினர் தோழர் க.கனகராஜ் மற்றும் மாநிலக்குழு உறுப்பினர் தோழர் எஸ்.ஜி.ரமேஷ் பாபு பங்குபெறும் 'சொல்வது தெளிந்து சொல்' STS 19. #Kerala #KeralaLeads #LDFGovt #PinarayiVijayan #KeralaGovernor #ManualScavenging #TNgovt More : https://youtu.be/7zJxjgSeNsc
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#CPIM மாநில செயற்குழு உறுப்பினர் தோழர் க.கனகராஜ் மற்றும் மாநிலக்குழு உறுப்பினர் தோழர் எஸ்.ஜி.ரமேஷ் பாபு பங்குபெறும் 'சொல்வது தெளிந்து சொல்' STS 19. #Kerala #KeralaLeads #LDFGovt #PinarayiVijayan #KeralaGovernor #ManualScavenging #TNgovt More : https://youtu.be/7zJxjgSeNsc
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#CPIM மாநில செயற்குழு உறுப்பினர் தோழர் @cpmkanagaraj@twitter.com மற்றும் மாநிலக்குழு உறுப்பினர் தோழர் எஸ்.ஜி.ரமேஷ் பாபு பங்குபெறும் 'சொல்வது தெளிந்து சொல்' STS 19. #Kerala #KeralaLeads #LDFGovt #PinarayiVijayan #KeralaGovernor #ManualScavenging #TNgovt More : https://youtu.be/7zJxjgSeNsc
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விஷவாயு தாக்கி தொழிலாளி பலி; ரூ 25 லட்சம் நிவாரணம் வழங்க சிஐடியு கோரிக்கை #CITU #CITUDemands #PoisonGas #Drainage #Manualscavenging #IPC302
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மனிதக் கழிவுகளே மனிதனே அகற்றும் அவலம் சட்டமிருந்தும் அமல்படுத்தாத மோடி-பாஜக அரசாங்கம் - தோழர் @SitaramYechury@twitter.com பொதுச் செயலாளர் #CPIM #ManualScavenging #StopManualScavenging
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