Safai Karmacharis from across the country staged a protest at Jantar Mantar (New Delhi) against the absolute insensitivity of the government to the situation of workers trapped in the cycle of discrimination and untouchability of manual scavenging. Groundxero | March 25, 2025 Hundreds of sewage and sanitation workers and activists from across the country staged a protest at […]
Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA) has objected to the data placed in Parliament by the Union government regarding the number of persons who died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks. SKA said that the figures of death reported by the government are grossly incorrect. A report by Groundxero. On 25 July, 2023, responding to a […]
In his book Karmayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks of manual scavenging as a ‘spiritual experience’. He gives this sermon even while manual scavenging is banned by law in India. At least one person dies every day while cleaning sewers and septic tanks. Besides risk to human health and life the occupation employing thousands of […]