Tag: Manual Scavenging

Manual Scavenging: Orissa HC Orders Disbursement Of Compensation To Kin Of Deceased Labourers
Manual Scavenging: Orissa HC Orders Disbursement Of Compensation To Kin Of Deceased Labourers

The Court passed the order while hearing three separate petitions regarding the death of labourers in septic tank mishaps in Cuttack, Rayagada and Bhubaneswar. 

  • Saturday, 30 October 2021
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India gets its first sewer cleaning machine

New Delhi: In order to reduce sewer deaths and put an end to the unsafe practice of manual scavenging, the Sulabh International on Monday introduced India’s first “sewer cleaning machine”. The machine, Sulabh International founder Dr Bindeshwar Pathak said, “will do away with 99 per cent of manual scavenging” in the country, where at least […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
2 Workers Die While Cleaning Sewage Tank In Cuttack
2 Workers Die While Cleaning Sewage Tank In Cuttack

Cuttack: Two workers engaged in manual scavenging of sewage tank died due to suspected asphyxiation in CDA Sector-10 area of Cuttack on Thursday. Three workers were engaged in the cleaning…

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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