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  1. Why in the News? Today, we spotlight Manual Scavenging in India and the urgent need to eradicate this inhumane practice.

    Manual scavenging involves the dangerous, manual cleaning of sewers, septic tanks, and latrines—a practice that continues to affect marginalized communities despite legal bans.

    #EnliteIAS #ManualScavenging #SocialJustice #HumanRights #CleanIndia #WhyInTheNews

  2. Despite Untouchability, Contractual Service, Paltry Remuneration — Why Bihar’s Mehtars Scavenge Human Excreta for a Living

    Despite financial constraints, the community has promising aspirational youth who are countering the notion that individuals from marginalized castes lack the desire for education.

    #bihar #ManualScavenging #dalits #mehtars #untouchability #CasteViolence #labour #education #caste #india

    en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news

  3. ‘State-sanctioned casteism’: Madras HC on continuation of manual scavenging

    The court, in an important move, widened the definition of the word ‘sewer’ under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, to include storm water drains.

    #TamilNadu #MadrasHC #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #casteism #SKA #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/state-s

  4. Sewer line tragedy snuffs out lives of father-son duo in Lucknow, probe ordered

    Following Wednesday’s incident, urban development minister AK Sharma ordered the suspension of a junior engineer and an assistant engineer for negligence. Last week, an eight-year-old boy died after falling into an open manhole in the state capital.

    #UttarPradesh #lucknow #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #caste #india

    hindustantimes.com/cities/luck

  5. Gujarat HC pulls up state for FIR against sanitation worker for ‘wilfully’ entering septic tank

    The High Court asked the Bhavnagar civic body to compensate the sanitation worker who suffered injuries while cleaning a septic tank in November.

    #gujarat #bhavnagar #ManualScavenging #GujaratGovt #GujaratHC #SanitationWorkers #dalits #HumanRights #labour #india

    scroll.in/latest/1066342/gujar

  6. Gujarat HC pulls up state for FIR against sanitation worker for ‘wilfully’ entering septic tank

    The High Court asked the Bhavnagar civic body to compensate the sanitation worker who suffered injuries while cleaning a septic tank in November.

    #gujarat #bhavnagar #ManualScavenging #GujaratGovt #GujaratHC #SanitationWorkers #dalits #HumanRights #labour #india

    scroll.in/latest/1066342/gujar

  7. Gujarat HC pulls up state for FIR against sanitation worker for ‘wilfully’ entering septic tank

    The High Court asked the Bhavnagar civic body to compensate the sanitation worker who suffered injuries while cleaning a septic tank in November.

    #gujarat #bhavnagar #ManualScavenging #GujaratGovt #GujaratHC #SanitationWorkers #dalits #HumanRights #labour #india

    scroll.in/latest/1066342/gujar

  8. Gujarat HC pulls up state for FIR against sanitation worker for ‘wilfully’ entering septic tank

    The High Court asked the Bhavnagar civic body to compensate the sanitation worker who suffered injuries while cleaning a septic tank in November.

    #gujarat #bhavnagar #ManualScavenging #GujaratGovt #GujaratHC #SanitationWorkers #dalits #HumanRights #labour #india

    scroll.in/latest/1066342/gujar

  9. Gujarat HC pulls up state for FIR against sanitation worker for ‘wilfully’ entering septic tank

    The High Court asked the Bhavnagar civic body to compensate the sanitation worker who suffered injuries while cleaning a septic tank in November.

    #gujarat #bhavnagar #ManualScavenging #GujaratGovt #GujaratHC #SanitationWorkers #dalits #HumanRights #labour #india

    scroll.in/latest/1066342/gujar

  10. 'Manual scavenging not allowed in Karnataka': CM Siddaramaiah warns of strict action

    CM Siddaramaiah warned of strict legal action if anyone is found engaging any individual in manual scavenging, while saying there should be no manual scavengers in the state.

    #ManualScavenging #karnataka #siddaramaiah #caste #dalits #CasteViolence #casteism #india

    thenewsminute.com/karnataka/ma

  11. Manual scavenging: The unending pain of India's sewer workers

    Manual scavenging is banned in India but the practice is still commonplace, with people forced into it because of rigid caste rules and the lack of other livelihood options. Successive federal governments, including the current one, have missed several deadlines to declare India free of manual scavenging, most recently in August this year.

    #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #sanitation #SanitationWorkers #labour #labor #HumanRights #caste #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #governance #india

    bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-

  12. '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.

    counterview.net/2023/08/dalits

    #ManualScavenging #sanitation #dalits #HumanRights #CasteDiscrimination #SulabhInternational #CasteViolence #caste #labour #inequality #untouchability #brahminism #india

  13. 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.

    #TamilNadu #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #caste #TNGovt #MKStalin #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/tam

  14. Director Pa Ranjith asks why TN police bowed to pressure from Hindu group

    An FIR was filed by Tamil Nadu police against Assistant Director Viduthalai Sigappi based on a complaint by a Hindu right-wing group alleging he hurt to Hindu sentiments.

    #TamilNadu #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #TNPolice #ViduthalaiSigappi #PaRanjith #dalits #caste #hindutva #communalism #TNGovt #cinema #india

    thenewsminute.com/article/dire