Bengaluru: In a stark contrast to Bengaluru’s story as the ever-progressing, cosmopolitan hub lies the undeniable reality of manual scavengers, who live among us and often go unnoticed. Neglected Narratives Shradha Triveni From the heart of the city like Shivajinagar, […]
“To rescue them, another labourer went inside the sewer. Later, the three of them were taken out. Ujwal Jalali NEW DELHI: Two labourers, who were asked to remove garbage from a gutter in southwest Delhi, died due to the possible […]
The survey, which profiled over 38,000 workers from 29 states and union territories, found that 68.9% of these laborers belong to the Scheduled Castes (SC), 14.7% to Other Backward Classes (OBC), and 8.3% to Scheduled Tribes (ST). Geetha Sunil Pillai […]
The Indian government, however, not only denies that it is a caste-based occupation but also claims that there is no manual scavenging in India. Even as the Union government claims that manual scavenging is not a caste-based occupation, it has […]
MUMBAI: A household Ganpati in Byculla has depicted an elaborate tableau based on the struggles faced by sanitation workers, with particular focus on the Dalit community. Activists say that despite photo ops with politicians and ceremonial feet washing rituals, the […]
Karnataka, The All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), which is supporting the workers, alleged that the safai karamcharis belonging to the Dalit community were terminated for raising their voice against injustice and extortion by their contractor. Demanding authorities to […]
The deceased has been identified as Gopinath of Arunthathipuram, and he worked as a contract employee for the Avadi City Municipal Corporation. A 25-year-old Dalit man from Avadi in Tamil Nadu died of asphyxiation, on Sunday, August 11, while cleaning […]
The Safai Karamchari Andolan has demanded that the Prime Minister bring out a white paper on the work done by the government for manual scavengers in the last 10 years and release a special package for the liberation and rehabilitation […]
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called for an emergency meeting with the officials to discuss the steps to be taken on the various problems caused by the accumulation of garbage in the canal on July 18. Written by:TNM Staff The […]
The officials responsible for the city’s cleanliness system are not even averse to getting the sanitation workers to do inhuman work. Their lives are being risked for sewer cleaning. We are talking about Karnal Municipal Corporation, where the sanitation workers […]
