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SC orders Centre, states to eradicate manual scavenging in phased manner

Observing that a large segment of India's population, involved in manual scavenging, has remained unheard and muted, in bondage and systematically trapped in inhumane conditions, the Supreme Court......

634 deaths related to manual scavenging recorded in 25 years

More than 600 people have died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers across the country in the past 25 years, according to data collated by the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis.......

Goodbye to manual scavenging? IIT Madras develops robots for task

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have developed a robot to clean septic tanks without human intervention. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: PTI......

How can this disgraceful situation continue?

Soon after Independence, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, happened to visit Ajmer. She was shaken by the filthy conditions in which the workers engaged in scavenging were living......

UPA govt completes six months

Having completed six months in power, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government has drawn up a performance report card listing out its achievements, despite opposition from its allies......

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