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One-third of districts still follow manual scavengingClose to the August deadline for declaring India manual scavenging free, nearly a third of the country's 766 districts have yet to overcome...- Government set to announce India manual scavenging free by August; 246 districts yet to self declareAccording to data shared in the meeting, out of 766 districts, as many as 520 districts have declared themselves manual scavenging free, wh...
- Ensuring smooth flow of funds for water, sanitation and hygieneWhen many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...
- 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...
- 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...
- A robot to end manual scavenging? This startup can provide the ‘Swachh Bharat’ we needThe amount of work which usually takes three to four hours and at least three manual scavengers, Bandicoot finishes it in just 45 minutes.
- Centre to conduct own survey on manual scavenging after States provide poor dataCentre has noted that several state governments have failed to implement the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavenge...
- PM Narendra Modi's dream of manual scavenging-free India still distant as states go slowModi's dream of ensuring a manual scavenging-free India by 2019 has been appreciated but states have a lot to do before it is anywhere clos...
- Cabinet sets 5-year target for Swachh Bharat Mission in all urban areasThe urban development ministry will be the nodal agency responsible for monitoring and supervision of the mission in across all the 4,041 s...
- Govt approves amendments to manual scavenging eradication billThe government today approved amendments to a bill that seeks to eradicate manual scavenging.
- Jairam Ramesh urges Parliament to pass bill on manual scavengingA bill prohibiting manual scavenging can be passed in the Budget Session if Parliament exhibits its resolve to eliminate this "despicable" ...
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