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May 27, 2026, 03:46 PM - 6 min read
Technical lacunas have allowed the line between sanitation workers and manual scavengers to be blurred and exploited. Even though manual scavenging has long been banned in India, the practice continues and as does the denial by the authorities.
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May 15, 2026, 03:37 PM - 4 min read
Earlier on Thursday, District Magistrate Anupam Kashyap passed an order under the Himachal Pradesh Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1973, banning the proposed indefinite strike and asking workers to continue uninterrupted waste management services.
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October 24, 2025, 12:12 PM - 2 min read
The civic body will engage a catering agency on a three-year contract to prepare food in designated kitchens. Meals, which must comply with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India norms, will be packed and distributed to the sanitation workers at their respective workplaces.
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September 25, 2025, 05:53 PM - 2 min read
"The three workers fell unconscious inside the sewer. Local residents rushed there to help, including calling an ambulance with oxygen facilities. They entered the sewer with ropes and pulled out the trio. One person, identified as Amit Kumar, died. The other two are hospitalised in critical condition," Soni said.
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July 29, 2025, 07:01 PM - 5 min read
The Bihar State Safai Karmachari Commission will have a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and five members, of which one will be a woman or a transgender, as per an official.
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