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SC, ST, OBC employees make up 66% of sanitation workers, 40% of Group A staff: DoPT report flags representation gaps

January 29, 2026 3:29 pm

Previous DoPT reports showed similar trends, with SC/ST/OBC employees making up 59 to 60 % of safai karamcharis in 2021 and 2022.

Haryana rights panel slams police probe in Hansi sewer deaths, orders fresh examination

January 28, 2026 12:38 pm

2 sanitation workers, Virender and Sombir, allegedly died while cleaning a sewer line at a hotel in Hansi in October last year.

CM Adityanath announces financial assistance of Rs 35-40 lakh in case of sanitation workers death

October 08, 2025 3:37 am

Says those who disrespect Lord Valmiki are essentially insulting Lord Ram as well

Panel: Deliver safety kits and health benefits to sanitation workers on time

August 22, 2025 5:20 am

It has also asked the Centre to review the implementation of the scheme for residential education of Scheduled Caste (SC) students, to identify reasons for shortfall in selection of requisite number of beneficiaries and underutilisation of funds.

Delhi: Regulatory oversight, informal work arrangements flagged in report on deaths of sanitation workers

May 25, 2025 8:51 am

The report, compiled and released by the Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM), sheds a spotlight on a series of investigations into recent sanitation worker fatalities across urban and rural areas

From May 1, BMC drive to collect hazardous domestic sanitary waste

April 22, 2025 11:38 pm

According to officials, housing societies and other businesses can avail the facility by registering themselves for the service

Two sanitation workers die cleaning manhole, Gujarat CM’s event cancelled

January 22, 2025 10:36 am

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee SC Cell, Hitendra Pithadiya, meanwhile, alleged there have been 160 such cases due to multiple reasons including underground sewer gas leakage.

Why are Rajasthan’s sanitation workers protesting?

August 11, 2024 12:43 pm

A majority of Rajasthan’s sanitation workers are from the Valmiki community. Here is why they are protesting

Two die in Malad septic tank | Victims sanitation workers, entered tank to clean it: BMC report

March 23, 2024 1:33 am

Manual scavenging is a punishable offence; civic body issues showcause

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Govt working on minimum wage guarantee for sanitation staff in UP: Adityanath

January 31, 2024 7:55 am

Addressing the 'Safai Mitra Suraksha aur Samman Sammelan' in Gorakhpur, the CM said that along with minimum wages, arrangements for housing and welfare schemes for sanitation workers will also be ensured.