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User: servelots Topic: iihs_feeds
Category: All-Channels :: Sanitation
Last updated: Oct 11 2018 02:56 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Big B wants to work for welfare of manual scavengers 15.10.2020 The Shillong Times
Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan feels manual scavenging is an unconstitutional act, and has pledged to join any campaign that works for the benefit for such workers. “Events of the day move you beyond words … manual scavenging is an unconstitutional and illegal act .. yet .. it exists and they that work, suffer inhuman existence […]
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Robotic scavenger launched to check hazards of manual scavenging 29.7.2020 The Assam Tribune
Robotic scavenger launched to check hazards of manual scavenging
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From manual scavenging to modern day slavery: the endless suffering of Budhu Gowala 24.2.2020 The Assam Tribune
From manual scavenging to modern day slavery: the endless suffering of Budhu Gowala
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10 vultures die in Assam 15.2.2020 The Shillong Times
GUWAHATI: The Assam forest department has lodged an FIR at Chaygaon police station in connection with the death of about ten vultures near Bamunigaon in Kamrup district on Thursday night. Speaking to The Shillong Times on Saturday, DFO of Kamrup West Forest Division said that at least ten vultures have died after scavenging on a carcass of […]
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No end to manual scavenging 17.12.2019 deccanchronicle.com
Experts say officials flout Manual Scavenging Act.
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As told to Parliament (November 20, 2019): India’s unemployment rate in 2018 was 6% 21.11.2019 Downtoearth
All that was discussed in the House through the day
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Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO 14.11.2019 Downtoearth
Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report
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Chennai: Man dies while saving brother from septic tank 13.11.2019
Chennai: A Chennai youth died on Tuesday morning at the Express Avenue mall after inhaling toxic fumes from the septic tank. He had entered the tank to save his brother who had nearly asphyxiated on the poisonous gas. This tragic incident once again brought to the fore manual scavenging, which continues in certain places despite being officially banned in 1993. According to the police, a man named Dhandapani had taken five men - Arunkumar, his brother Ranjithkumar and three others identified as&nbsp; Yuvaraj, Ajithkumar and Sreenath, to Express Avenue Mall at 4 am on Tuesday to clean the septic tank. Ranjithkumar had first entered the septic tank and was cleaning it when he had fainted inside due to breathing the poisonous gases. Police said Arun Kumar rushed inside the tank after watching his 20-year old brother, Ranjithkumar, suffocate. Arun managed to saved his brother, but he asphyxiated after inhaling an enormous amount of the deadly gases and died on the spot. Doctor"s reports said he had ...
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Triphala rich in polyphenolic content: Study 23.10.2019 Downtoearth
The scientists wanted to test if herbal preparations containing such molecules could be useful
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Can we declare ourselves ODF, without managing the collected excreta? 16.10.2019 Downtoearth
A lowdown on&nbsp;how to clean India and keep it that way
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ODF status will mean nothing without faecal sludge & septage management 2.10.2019 Downtoearth
With faecal sludge treatment still in nascent stage in India, toilets will add to the load of untreated sewage being disposed in water bodies
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Sabarmati, Swachh Bharat on Oct 2: Toilet pit manure in 10,000 jars 1.10.2019 Front Page – The Indian Express
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Swachh Bharat Mission: Let the toilet revolution live long 30.9.2019 Downtoearth
The start has been promising and exciting. Now the challenge is to sustain the ODF tag and ensure that the pollution is checked
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Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana still defiant 30.9.2019 Downtoearth
The claim of an ODF-free Haryana flies in the face of cases of class division, dysfunctional toilets and administrative inaction
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Swachh Bharat Mission: Women take the lead in Himachal Pradesh 30.9.2019 Downtoearth
The state, with almost 60% of panchayats headed by women, tackled open defection by resolving the water crisis. It was declared open-defecation free in October 2016
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Swachh Bharat Mission: ‘Inducing behavioural change was a task’ 30.9.2019 Downtoearth
Parameswaran Iyer, secretary, Department of Drinking water and Sanitation, spoke to Down To Earth on how intensive information-education-communication efforts by the Centre and states made India ODF
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Despite SC order, manual scavenging victims unpaid 29.9.2019
Alappuzha: Kerala has defied a 2014 Supreme Court order of Rs 10 lakh payout for manual scavenging victims. The state identified 12 families in Kottayam, Kozhikode and Thrissur districts but ignored their repeated pleas. According to the Union social justice ministry, Kerala tops the "least-compensated states" while Punjab, Gujarat and Telangana paid all victims. Tamil Nadu, which reported most deaths (206) as per its survey, paid 98 per cent of families. The court had asked the states to implement Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Rehabilitation Act 2013 and take stringent action against violators. Biju Prabhakar, state social justice secretary, said some were partially compensated from the Chief Minister&#39;s Disaster Response Fund. "It&#39;s district collectors who have to pay," he said. A survey by the Suchitwa Mission last year under the direction of National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) had found 600 manual scavengers in the ...
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Govt launches new framework to sustain India’s ‘100% ODF status’ 27.9.2019 Downtoearth
The Centre will proclaim India to be 100% ODF on October 2 and the new framework envisages its strategy to maintain that status
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Fifth column: Sanitation is a human right 22.9.2019 Columns – The Indian Express
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Nowhere in the world people sent to gas chambers to die, says SC on manual scavenging 19.9.2019 The Assam Tribune
Nowhere in the world people sent to gas chambers to die, says SC on manual scavenging
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