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    Manual Scavenging News

    Contractor who sent men to clean sewer in Santacruz held

    Mumbai, India. Sep 28, 2026 - File Photo of Santosh Kashte. Labourer Santosh Kashte (47) died, and Ajay Thakur (26) was hospitalised after both labourers hired by a housing society fell into a sewer manhole while cleaning a drainage line in the Santacruz East area. Mumbai, India. Sep 28, 2026. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 2 days ago

    Manual scavenging: HC quashes govt policy shifting sewer death compensation to pvt societies

    Manual scavenging: HC quashes govt policy shifting sewer death compensation to pvt societies
    Cities
    Published 28 days ago

    ‘Caste system forces some to…’: Bombay HC orders aid over sewer cleaning deaths

    The Bombay High Court directed Maharashtra to identify all persons who died during hazardous sewer or septic tank cleaning.
    Cities
    Updated 28 days ago

    Workers, activists speak up against manual scavenging at Delhi event

    A participant speaks at the event. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 31 days ago

    NCSC issues notice to PCMC over alleged manual scavenging

    New Delhi, India - Sept. 7, 2017: xxxxxxx in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, September 7, 2017. (Photo by Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times) (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 110 days ago

    MCF employee suffocates to death inside sewer line in Faridabad

    Police said Pahalwan’s family members alleged that he was not provided any safety equipment such as masks and oxygen cylinder.
    Cities
    Updated 113 days ago

    Accountability down the sewers

    he Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, was meant to permanently put an end to the practice. But the numbers tell a different story. (HT Archive)
    Editorials
    Published 114 days ago

    ‘Toxic gas’ kills 2 workers in septic tank tragedy

    The workers went inside for cleaning and fell unconscious shortly after entering. (Pic for representation)
    Cities
    Published 147 days ago

    End manual scavenging, say safai workers

    Sanitation workers from multiple states said they are forced into the work due to caste identity and lack basic safety gear while handling hazardous sewage. (Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 191 days ago

    Chhattisgarh CM orders strict action against manual scavenging after 3 workers die in Raipur

    Chhattisgarh CM orders strict action against manual scavenging after 3 workers die in Raipur
    Cities
    Published 198 days ago

    MCG mandates strict safety norms for sanitation workers

    Municipal commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said the corporation is committed to ensuring zero tolerance towards safety violations.
    Cities
    Published 246 days ago

    AI-powered robotic canal cleaning system commissioned in Thiruvananthapuram

    AI-powered robotic canal cleaning system commissioned in Thiruvananthapuram
    India News
    Published 247 days ago

    Manual scavenging deaths: SC orders higher compensation if not paid before 2023

    The clarification came as high courts had begun to apply the Supreme Court’s 2023 judgment differently. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 249 days ago

    GB Nagar told to enforce manual scavenging ban

    The commission further directed district authorities to prepare updated status reports on pending cases and submit them to the commission. (Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 262 days ago

    Powai STP deaths: Safai Karamchari panel seeks report, questions compensation deal with victims’ families

    Powai STP deaths: Safai Karamchari panel seeks report, questions compensation deal with victims’ families
    Cities
    Published 319 days ago

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

    Supreme Court of India. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 338 days ago

    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)
    Cities
    Published 353 days ago

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

    No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death
    Cities
    Published 376 days ago

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

    Dumping of septage by private contractors is a concern. (HT Archive)
    Cities
    Published 446 days ago

    Centre’s NAMASTE scheme nears 2 years; 91,000 sanitation workers identified

    Internal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment data reveals the nationwide validation drive has identified 79,700 SSWs (Ravi Choudhary/ Hindustan Times)
    India News
    Published 490 days ago

    Delhi: Storm drain desilting raises ‘manual scavenging’ alarm

    Drain cleaning on Outer Ring Road. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 494 days ago

    After rap from Centre, state chalks out policy to eradicate manual scavenging

    The state government will procure robotic machines to clean manholes and weed out human interface in sewer cleaning, said officials (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 505 days ago

    Deaths inside manholes: NGOs call for stricter adherence to ban, scrutiny on contractors

    Deaths inside manholes: NGOs call for stricter adherence to ban, scrutiny on contractors
    Cities
    Published 563 days ago

    Worker dies while fixing fault in sewer in NFC, two injured

    Panth Lal
    Cities
    Published 564 days ago

    66,961 sanitation workers validated under NAMASTE scheme: Govt tells Parliament

    Minister of state for social justice Ramdas Athawale speaks in Parliament. (PTI File Photo)
    India News
    Published 570 days ago

    SC summons civic bodies of 4 cities on sewer deaths

    A bench headed by justice Sudhanshu Dhulia further asked them to explain why criminal proceedings should not be initiated against the officials or contractors under whose watch the deaths occurred. (ANI PHOTO)
    India News
    Published 590 days ago

    294 died in sewer related deaths in 2020-24; compensation paid in 249 cases: Govt

    The Supreme Court has asked corporations in six cities to file an affidavit by February 13 indicating “how and when manual scavenging/sewer cleaning has been stopped” (FILE PHOTO)
    India News
    Published 606 days ago

    Kolkata Police arrest contractor after 3 workers die in sewage line

    Rescue workers put on diving gear and went down the 10-feet deep manhole to recover the bodies. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Cities
    Published 606 days ago

    3 die inside Kolkata drainage line days after SC banned manual scavenging

    Rescue team prepare as three workers died while cleaning sewerage drain pipe at Bantala Leather Complex in Kolkata on Sunday. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 607 days ago

    SC calls for immediate end to manual scavenging in metro cities

    The court was pained to note that despite its directions, the practice of manual scavenging still prevailed. (HT File Photo)
    India News
    Published 611 days ago
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