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'Bas thoda aur kaam hai aaj': Under harsh Delhi sun, this 18-year-old manually cleans drains — for just Rs 500

June 09, 2025 10:43 am

Just a few days ago, photos of many workers like Sonu who cleaned drains had surfaced on the official X handle of the PWD last week — a post that has since been deleted following outrage

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Worker dies cleaning sewer in New Friends Colony, 2 injured; DJB denies men were its staff

March 18, 2025 4:19 am

Police said preliminary investigation indicates that the workers were inside the manhole, carrying out maintenance, when they lost consciousness likely due to toxic fumes or lack of oxygen

Three die cleaning manhole in Kolkata, state govt to probe

Three die cleaning manhole in Kolkata, state govt to probe

February 03, 2025 1:59 am

The 2013 Supreme Court ban on manual scavenging and mandated safety protocols were allegedly not followed and the Mayor acknowledged that workers sometimes disregard safety procedures.

UPSC Issue at a Glance I Manual Scavenging in India: 4 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains

UPSC Issue at a Glance | Manual Scavenging in India: 4 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains

December 11, 2024 11:15 am

Despite a ban on manual scavenging in India, the practice continues in many regions. What are the underlying issues? Here’s everything you need to know.

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Sewer-worker deaths expose the shameful reality of our caste-ridden society

December 04, 2024 10:39 pm

For far too long, society has reaped the benefits of the tireless labour of the ones at the bottom, the people who have been the invisible backbone of most major developments

The apathy must end

Express investigation of manual scavenging: The apathy must end

December 04, 2024 6:01 am

Government initiatives to end manual scavenging have fallen short. Organisations have argued that fixing the problem is difficult without acknowledging that it operates at the intersections of caste, economic inequalities and the deficits of the country’s sewerage networks

Nar Singh’s wife Salesh Devi and daughter Shanu at their home in Baghpat, UP. Singh died while trying to save another man cleaning a sewer in Delhi in 2009. (Express photo by Abhinav Saha)

Delhi’s dirty secret: For 75 sewer deaths over 15 years, only one conviction

December 01, 2024 10:36 pm

The official lack of action, experts say, is telling because many of these sewer deaths occurred at high-profile locations in the national capital, including leading hotels, hospitals and malls.

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BMC to start 10-day survey on manual scavenging from Sunday

October 04, 2024 11:22 pm

BMC said the survey will be conducted from October 6 till October 16, with the civic body roping in an external agency through the solid waste management department.

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Total 81 people have died in the state due to manual scavenging, Maharashtra free of such practice: Govt tells HC

July 20, 2024 1:59 am

Of 81 death cases, 11 were from Mumbai city and suburban districts, 12 from Thane, 7 from Palghar and 2 from Raigad districts.

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Bombay HC seeks info on steps taken to eradicate manual scavenging

May 12, 2024 9:58 am

It also sought to know from the state panel what is the action plan for next two years to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging in the state.

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The Election Commission will declare the polling dates for the Bihar Assembly elections today at 4 pm. The number of phases may be decreased based on input from political parties during the Commission's visit. The term of the Assembly ends on November 22 and the elections will likely take place after the Chhath festival.

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