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The Calcutta High Court awarded compensation to victims of manual scavenging incident of 2021 in Kolktata.

'Blot on nation’s conscience’: Calcutta High Court orders Rs 30 lakh award for sewer workers' deaths, injuries, orders probe

November 24, 2025 6:10 pm

KMC negligence case, Calcutta high court sewer deaths: The kin of the victim family received 10 lakh compensation previously on the directions of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Kolkata Environment Infrastructure Improvement Project.

Earlier on Wednesday, one of the two labourers, who were cleaning the tank of an STP plant at a residential building in Powai, was killed due to inhalation of toxic gases.

Toll in Powai case up to 2: Why manual cleaning of tanks continue in Mumbai

November 13, 2025 8:55 pm

To eliminate manual cleaning work, unions have demanded that the process of procuring the BMC’s machinery ought to be simplified and made available for free.

'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

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

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.

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

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.