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- Chhattisgarh journalist's murder: Cousin arrested; Congress, BJP trade charges
- Chhattisgarh: Three detained in connection with Bijapur journalist's murderThree people have been detained in connection with the murder of 33-year-old freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, whose body was found i...04 Jan, 2025, 11.56 AM IST
- Chhattisgarh: Journalist in Bijapur murdered, body found in septic tankThe body of Bijapur journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, missing since January 1, was found in a septic tank. Chandrakar, who reported on Naxal in...04 Jan, 2025, 12.32 AM IST
- Manhole vs Machine: Can manhole-cleaning robots eradicate manual scavenging?Bandicoot, a robotic machine with “limbs”, HD vision cameras and gas sensors, can enter manholes and clean sewage. It is the flagship produ...19 Mar, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
- 400 died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks since 2017: Government"However, 233 persons have died due to accidents while undertaking hazardous cleaning of sewer and septic tanks during the last three years...13 Dec, 2022, 07.22 PM IST
- Two labourers die while working in septic tank of Pune housing society"The victims were working in an 18-feet deep drainage-cum-septic tank. It seems that they were suffocated and got stuck inside. We were inf...21 Oct, 2022, 10.39 AM IST
- Faridabad Sewer Deaths: Congress demands Govt job, compensation to families"The state government should make it mandatory to completely mechanise the process of cleaning sewers and septic tanks so that people's liv...07 Oct, 2022, 12.59 AM IST
- Centre to launch scheme aimed at preventing deaths due to manual scavenging this monthAccording to official data, over 900 workers have died while cleaning sewers or septic tanks since 1993 but activists say the number is muc...07 Jun, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
- Despite requisite measures, why people dying while cleaning sewers, Par panel asks govtThe panel mentioned that it believes the National Action Plan for mechanized Ecosystem initiated in coordination with the line ministries w...24 Mar, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
- 288 people died cleaning sewers, septic tanks in last 3 years: GovernmentMinister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said a national survey of manual scavengers was carried out during 201...21 Sep, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
- Government to introduce bill to make law banning manual scavenging more stringentThe bill proposes to make the law banning manual scavenging more stringent by increasing the imprisonment term and the fine amount, the off...12 Sep, 2020, 02.07 PM IST
- Over 20,500 manual scavengers identified in India: SurveyThe latest survey has revealed that manual scavenging is prevalent in many states.02 Oct, 2018, 08.22 PM IST
- Sewer deaths to invite jail term of up to 10 yearsSeveral manual scavengers have died while cleaning sewer lines in Delhi in the recent years.25 Sep, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
- Quiet flows central prison sewage into chain of lakesThe pollution is likely to lower the water quality index of the lake which the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has redflagg...07 Jun, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
- SwachhBharat@2: Build smart toilets before smart citiesNow that you are going to build some 10 crore more toilets by 2019, this means you will build some 10 crore more septic tanks.06 Oct, 2016, 05.16 PM IST
- Sewage in Kosi: NGT slams Uttarakhand for non compliance of orderThe NGT has slammed the Uttarakhand government for the delay in filing an action plan for collection and disposal of sewage in the entire a...29 May, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
- Manual scavengers vent ire, seek redressalA band of young men and women drove into the national capital after a long bus journey lasting 125 days crisscrossing nearly 500 districts ...15 Apr, 2016, 12.42 PM IST
- Groundwater turning toxic with sewageThe recent spate of moderate to heavy rains in the city may have boosted the groundwater levels by at least half a metre, but a new report ...19 Sep, 2015, 06.53 AM IST
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