Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Eradication of manual scavenging, 27/11/2019. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Eradication of manual scavenging.pdf" target="_blank"><img
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Death of manual scavengers, 20/11/2019. Details of the persons who have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks as reported b the States to the National Commission
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Prevention of manual scavenging deaths, 20/11/2019. Manual scavenging is prohibited under section 5 and 6 of the "Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Survey regarding manual scavenging, 24/07/2019. A National Survey has been carried out at the behest of NITI Aayog in 170 identified districts of 18 states on the basis
The number of deaths of sanitation workers while cleaning septic tanks and sewers has risen, despite a ban on manual scavenging, with 620 cases reported since 1993, of which 88 occurred in the past three
Govt agency to mechanise sewer cleaning that would give self-employment A first-of-its-kind attempt towards safer working conditions and eventual eradication of manual scavenging from the Capital has
<p>Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of M/S Metro Waste Handling Vs Delhi Jal Board dated 29/05/2018.</p> <p>The issue relates to the conditions in the tender issued by the Delhi Jal Board inviting
<p>The importance of species richness in maintaining ecosystem function in the field remains unclear. Recent studies however have suggested that in some systems functionality is maintained by a few abundant
The Safai Karamchari Andolan traversed 500 districts of the country with the message "stop killing us." The participants, manual scavengers who clean dry latrines, sewers and septic tanks, are forced to
MUMBAI: The Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Bar-tailed Godwit, commonly seen on the Sewri mudflats, have been added to the list of endangered birds. In all eights birds from India have
