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Last Updated:March 21, 2026, 09:06 IST The data also shows a widening gap between deaths and compensation. While all 62 deaths reported in 2021 received full compensation, this declined sharply in subsequent years Of the total 315 deaths across India between 2021 and 2025, more than 60 per cent fatalities (195) were concentrated in just…
Last Updated:September 30, 2025, 16:17 is Manual scavenging—cleaning human waste by hand or carrying it manually—was outlawed under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act BMC officials stressed that in line with the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) guidelines, septic tanks and sewer lines in Mumbai are now cleaned using machines. (PTI)…
Prayagraj, UP: The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit leaders distributed copies of the Constitution among the sanitation workers at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Thursday. They said the religious congregation at Prayagraj is a great celebration of unity, something that the Constitution guarantees. The BJP, which has launched “Samvidhan Gaurav Abhiyan” — a nationwide…
All the victims hailed from Tamil Nadu. Four sanitary workers, including two women, were killed after they were run over by the Thiruvananthapuram-bound Kerala Express near Shoranur Railway station on Saturday evening. The incident took place when the workers were clearing garbage from the railway track near the Shoranur bridge – located a few metres…