Deccan Herald (23/02/2018): Rehabilitation, still a far cry for manual scavengers in state
Raina Paul and Jishnu EN, DH News Service, Bengaluru Feb 24 2018, 15:17 IST According to the Prohibition of […]
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Case Report (17-27 Feb 2018): Manual Scavenging during religious festival at Shravanbelegola in Hassan district, Karnataka
On Jan 27, 2018, The Hindu, had reported that insanitary latrines in violation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers
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Deccan Herald (17/02/2018): ‘KSPCB clueless on STP figures’
‘KSPCB clueless on STP figures’ DH News Service, Bengaluru, Feb 17 2018, 0:20 IST Despite claims by the Karnataka
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Deecan Herald (25/02/2018): Funds not provided for scholarship to kids of scavengers
Funds not provided for scholarship to kids of scavengers Raina Paul, DH News Service, Bengaluru Feb 25 2018, 0:50 IST
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Press Release (24/02/2018): Despite claims to the contrary, the organizers of religious festival at Shravanbelegola built and used insanitary latrines in violation of the law
Date: 24.02.2018 Despite the claims of Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri that provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual
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Press Release (14/02/2018): Government apathy and inaction leads to two more preventable manual scavenging deaths in Bengaluru
14th February 2018 In a sheer display of government apathy and neglect, two more labourers, Ramu (age 25 ) and
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Press release (07/02/2018): The Safaikarmachari Kavalu Samiti demands demolition of the caste discriminatory wall in Santhaiyur village, Madurai, as per High court orders, August 2017
7th February 2018 Safaikarmachari Kavalu Samiti, Karnataka is a group of activists working for the rehabilitation of persons engaged in
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Press Release (31/01/2018): The STP that killed 3 workers at N D Sepal Apartments shouldn’t have been operating in the first place
Date: 31 Jan 2018 The death of Madegowda (45), Srinivas (52) and Narayanswamy (43) while cleaning the Sewage Treatment Plant
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2017: State-level review of Rehabilitation of Identified Manual Scavengers In Urban Areas in Karnataka
A state-level review of the status of rehabilitation of 302 manual scavengers identified by State government in urban areas was
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2016: State-level Jatha in Karnataka
In March 2016, Safaikarmachari Kavulu Samithi (SKKS) in collaboration People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL-Karnataka), JAC, SJK, Samanatha Union, SC/STs