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CM Adityanath announces financial assistance of Rs 35-40 lakh in case of sanitation workers death
October 08, 2025 3:37 am
Says those who disrespect Lord Valmiki are essentially insulting Lord Ram as well
Panel: Deliver safety kits and health benefits to sanitation workers on time
August 22, 2025 5:20 am
It has also asked the Centre to review the implementation of the scheme for residential education of Scheduled Caste (SC) students, to identify reasons for shortfall in selection of requisite number of beneficiaries and underutilisation of funds.
Delhi: Regulatory oversight, informal work arrangements flagged in report on deaths of sanitation workers
May 25, 2025 8:51 am
The report, compiled and released by the Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM), sheds a spotlight on a series of investigations into recent sanitation worker fatalities across urban and rural areas
From May 1, BMC drive to collect hazardous domestic sanitary waste
April 22, 2025 11:38 pm
According to officials, housing societies and other businesses can avail the facility by registering themselves for the service
Two sanitation workers die cleaning manhole, Gujarat CM’s event cancelled
January 22, 2025 10:36 am
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee SC Cell, Hitendra Pithadiya, meanwhile, alleged there have been 160 such cases due to multiple reasons including underground sewer gas leakage.
Why are Rajasthan’s sanitation workers protesting?
August 11, 2024 12:43 pm
A majority of Rajasthan’s sanitation workers are from the Valmiki community. Here is why they are protesting
Two die in Malad septic tank | Victims sanitation workers, entered tank to clean it: BMC report
March 23, 2024 1:33 am
Manual scavenging is a punishable offence; civic body issues showcause
Govt working on minimum wage guarantee for sanitation staff in UP: Adityanath
January 31, 2024 7:55 am
Addressing the 'Safai Mitra Suraksha aur Samman Sammelan' in Gorakhpur, the CM said that along with minimum wages, arrangements for housing and welfare schemes for sanitation workers will also be ensured.
Delhi High Court allows plea of sanitation worker’s widow for rise in compensation to Rs 30 lakh
November 27, 2023 11:29 am
The petitioner had claimed she was the widow of a sewer cleaner who was performing the work of manual scavenging.
‘We speak too’: Relegated to the margins of society, Delhi sanitation workers voice their truth
September 17, 2023 8:58 pm
“Workers get no compensation, insurance, etc. Their salary is around Rs 17,000 but only Rs 10,000 comes down from the contractors to the workers,” Ved Prakash Bighel said while speaking about sewer workers.
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