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  Gujarat HC rebukes state govt over unpaid compensation to families of deceased manual scavengers

  Gujarat | January 03, 2024 18:32 IST

  The families of 26 manhole workers were yet to receive compensation, as noted in the plea filed in April 2023. Despite the 2013 Act's prohibition, local authorities continued to engage people for hazardous cleaning, leading to multiple deaths.

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  Uttar Pradesh: Two workers die while cleaning sewer line in Rae Bareli

  India | March 29, 2022 17:11 IST

  The workers were pulled out from the sewer and rushed to the district hospital. However, the doctors declared them brought dead, the police said.

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  Aamir meets PM, welfare minister on manual scavenging issue

  Bollywood | July 17, 2012 11:53 IST

  New Delhi :  Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Monday  met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Social Welfare Minister Mukul Wasnik to highlight the concerns of manual scavengers in the country.In a meeting at PM's