“The gas inside the tank… it enters your nose, burns your eyes and then hits your brain. After that, there’s a blank,” that is how Raju recollects his near-death experience a couple of years ago when he entered a septic tank to clean the sludge. However, his brother-in-law managed to rescue him in the nick […]
The Bombay High Court directed Maharashtra government and Municipal Corporations of Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali and Mira-Bhayander to ensure statutory authorities at state and divisional levels are constituted and are functional under Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Passing an order in a plea by an organisation espousing cause of manual […]
In cases of permanent disablement arising from sewer operations, Delhi High Court had directed the increase of compensation to Rs 20 lakh and not less than Rs 10 lakh for other forms of disablement.
The state submitted before the bench on Tuesday that the BMC had conducted an inquiry into the matter while admitting that no independent inquiry was conducted by the state separately.
More than 400 people have died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers in the country since 2018, the ministry of social justice and empowerment said on Tuesday. | Latest News India