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Strict legal action if manual scavenging is practised: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah warned against practising manual scavengers in the state asserting strict legal action.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.(PTI)
Published on Feb 01, 2024 09:23 AM IST
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443 died cleaning sewers, tanks in over 5 years: Govt

More than 400 people have died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers in the country since 2018, the ministry of social justice and empowerment said on Tuesday.

According to the government, the number of deaths of workers while cleaning sewers or septic tanks is 443 in five years. (FILE)
Updated on Dec 06, 2023 02:04 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Pay 30L to kin of those who die cleaning sewers: Supreme Court to govt

The top court stated that manual scavengers have lived in “bondage, systematically trapped in inhuman conditions” for a long time

The bench issued 14 directions to the Union and state governments for effective implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (PTI)
Updated on Oct 21, 2023 06:22 AM IST
ByHT Correspondent I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, New Delhi

SC orders govt to pay 30 lakh to families of those who die cleaning sewer

The court said ₹20 lakh will be paid to those who suffer permanent disabilities while cleaning sewers.

At least 58,098 manual scavengers were identified across the country in two surveys in 2013 and 2018.(File)
Published on Oct 20, 2023 01:57 PM IST

Justice evades ‘manual scavenging’ victims

A social organization has accused the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of omitting sections of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act, 2013, from FIRs related to the deaths of three sanitation workers last month. The organization, Jan Haq Sangharsh Samiti (JHSS), claimed that the workers were engaged in manual scavenging without proper safety gear, in violation of the law. Four contractors and supervisors have been arrested and charged, but without reference to the Manual Scavenging Act. JHSS argues that the Act would recognize the workers and their work and also bring into play the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, if the victims belong to the SC/ST community.

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Updated on Jul 11, 2023 01:06 AM IST
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