#manualscavenging — Public Fediverse posts
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Despite official denial, sanitation workers and activists say caste-based sewer deaths in Modi’s Swachha Bharat continue unabated —“every 2–3 days, one Indian dies in a gutter.”
#workerrights #workers #sanitationWorkers #manualScavenging #casteism
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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
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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
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10 Issues For Which The Government Did Not Provide Data In Parliament
Government frequently cites data unavailability in Parliament as the main reason for not providing data.
#UnionGovt #transparency #RTI #parliament #CovidMismanagenent #CovidDeathToll #MigrantWorkers #WomensRights #FarmersProtests #activism #PressFreedom #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #DetentionCentres #ForeignerTribunals #InterfaithMarriages #lynching #hindutva #AntiMuslimViolence #india
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‘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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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Tamil Nadu: Two Dalit men die while cleaning sewage tank
The contractor who hired them has been arrested for not providing safety gear.
https://scroll.in/latest/1055681/tamil-nadu-two-dalit-men-die-while-cleaning-sewage-tank
#TamilNadu #chennai #ManualScavenging #dalits #labour #OCF #ManualScavengingAct #SCSTAct #caste #CasteViolence #HumanRights #CasteDiscrimination #india
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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/
#ManualScavenging #SanitationWorkers #dalits #caste #CasteDiscrimination #CasteViolence #untouchability #inequality #HumanRights #labour #india #LongRead
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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
#ManualScavenging #sanitation #dalits #HumanRights #CasteDiscrimination #SulabhInternational #CasteViolence #caste #labour #inequality #untouchability #brahminism #india
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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”.
#ManualScavenging #SocialJusticeMinistry #SwachhataAbhiyaan #data #NSKFDC #SwachhBharatMission #ManualScavengingDeaths #caste #HumanRights #labour #labor #governance #SocialJustice #UnionGovt #india
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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.
#ManualScavenging #PEMSRAct #dalits #caste #marginalisation #HumanRights #UnionGovt #india
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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.
#TamilNadu #ManualScavenging #dalits #CasteViolence #DMK #india
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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.
#TamilNadu #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #caste #TNGovt #MKStalin #india
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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
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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.
#ManualScavenging #budget2023 #dalits #labour #labor #caste #casteism #untouchability #discrimination #inequality #HumanRights #india
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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.
#ManualScavenging #maharashtra #VasaiVirar #SafaiKaramchari #VVCMC #labour #labor #HumanRights #caste #casteism #discrimination #welfare #inequality #india
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.
#budget2023 #ManualScavenging #SafaiKaramchari #labour #labor #HumanRights #caste #casteism #discrimination #welfare #inequality #UnionGovt #india
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.
#ManualScavenging #dalits #dalit #rajkot #gujarat #HumanRights #labour #labor #casteism #caste #brahminism #india
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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.
#ManualScavenging #dalits #dalit #dhule #maharashtra #labour #labor #LabourRights #HumanRights #valmiki #india
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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.
#ManualScavenging #ahmedabad #gujarat #dalit #dalits #adivasi #SCST #HumanRights #labour #LabourRights #labor #india #discrimination #casteism #caste #justice #CasteViolence
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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.
#ManualScavenging #dalits #dalit #maharashtra #mumbai #BMC #HumanRights #labour #LabourRights #RTI #MastIndia #india
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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.
#movies #kollywood #caste #casteism #ManualScavenging #dalits #WitnessMovie #tamil #MastIndia #india
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