Tags Archives: manualscavenging

Two Manual Scavengers Die of Suffocation (The New Indian Express)

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Two-Manual-Scavengers-Die-of-Suffocation/2015/11/29/article3152299.ece

December 15th, 2015||

This ends with me: A ‘safai karamchari’s’ dreams for a different life (The Indian Express)

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-ends-with-me-a-safai-karamcharis-dreams-for-a-different-life/

December 14th, 2015||

Flooded Chennai’s dirty secret: Dalits clean rotting mess (Hindustan Times)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/flooded-chennai-s-dirty-secret-dalits-clean-rotting-mess/story-nyqoydzM32dnCoR9C1wZQI.html

December 14th, 2015||

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation

https://idsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Joint-Submission-SR-on-water-and-Sanitation-RGA-NCDHR-and-IDSN.pdf

December 10th, 2015||

Manual scavenging is illegal, so why do states continue to support the practice? (Scroll.in)

http://scroll.in/article/770137/manual-scavenging-is-illegal-so-why-do-states-employ-thousands-to-clean-excreta-by-hand

November 20th, 2015||

Photos: Mumbai’s 30,000 unsung Dalit heroes are languishing in filth and squalor

http://scroll.in/article/760084/photos-mumbais-30000-unsung-heroes-are-languishing-in-filth-and-squalor

October 29th, 2015||

Manual scavengers: fresh survey ordered (The Hindu)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/manual-scavengers-fresh-survey-ordered/article7736387.ece?ref=tpnews

October 27th, 2015||

From dirty drains to smart cabs: 1,150 women from manual scavenger families to train as Uber and Meru drivers(Daily Mail Online)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3259808/From-dirty-drains-smart-cabs-1-150-women-manual-scavenger-families-train-Uber-Meru-drivers-Modi-government-scheme.html

October 27th, 2015||

Social Justice Minister answers how big is the challenge of manual scavenging (India Today)

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/social-justice-minister-answers-how-big-is-the-challenge-of-manual-scavenging/1/486413.html

October 22nd, 2015||

Scraping dry toilets with their bare hands: Shocking survey shows 1.56 lakh rural households ignore ban on manual scavenging (Daily Mail Online)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3253905/Scavenging-horror-Survey-exposes-widespread-use-people-clean-toilets-pigs-let-loose-eat-human-waste.html

October 22nd, 2015||