The Prayagraj Mela Authority has engaged nearly 10,000 sanitation workers to ensure a clean Maha Kumbh. Through the Swachh ...

Vikas Tak, the 33-year-old driver of a septic tank cleaning vehicle, and 23-year-old manual scavenger Chandan Jaiswal died of ...

Running a pilot project using robots for cleaning sewer lines and septic tanks was among the suggestions made by experts at a ...

India has approximately 5 million waste workers all cleaning different types of waste, ranging from residential to public waste, coming into daily contact with disease and ailments. Of the various ...

The claim is as rich as another rationale being peddled by the ruling dispensation: that manual scavenging has ended in India ...

Manual scavenging is one area that is being tackled legislatively, managed executively and supervised judicially to eradicate ...

“Sewer and septic tank cleaning is an occupation-based activity rather than caste-based,” Mr. Athawale said. Profiling of SSWs is being carried out as part the NAMASTE programme, a scheme ...

NHRC chairperson stressed the need for a pilot project utilising technology and robots to clean sewer lines and septic tanks.

Expressing concern over continuous death of sanitation workers despite legal provisions to eradicate manual cleaning of ...

Cleaning sewers and septic tanks is an “occupation-based activity” rather than caste-based work, the Centre claimed in Parliament on Tuesday. However, data cited by the Union Ministry of ...