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Manual scavenging: SC orders states, UTs to pay compensation for deaths within 3 weeks

Supreme Court of India. (PTI)

Published on Oct 30, 2025 09:43 am IST

355 declarations of manual scavenging submitted to BMC

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18,2013: municipal worker attempts to unblock a sewer overflowing with human excreta in New Delhi on October 7, 2009. Although a law bans manual scavenging - the manual removal of human excreta from 'dry toilets' - the practice is widespread across cities and towns in India. (Photograph by Raj K Raj / Hindustan Times)

Published on Oct 15, 2025 06:16 am IST

No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death

No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death

Published on Sept 22, 2025 04:48 am IST

No reports of manual scavenging received from states, UTs: Govt

No reports of manual scavenging received from states, UTs: Govt

Updated on Oct 07, 2025 02:35 am IST

Delhi water board to provide free septage collection to curb dumping in Yamuna

Dumping of septage by private contractors is a concern. (HT Archive)

Published on Jul 14, 2025 05:30 am IST

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