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Waste management neglects rag pickers [1]

As governments grapple with mounting quantities of waste and draft policies to tackle it, waste pickers who earn their livelihood from collection, segregation and disposal of waste still remain neglected, reveals a new study by a non-government organisation.

Accessing the welfare programmes and the prevalent rules for waste management in 14 major cities, Chintan, an environment action and research group, in its report ‘Failing the Grade’ has claimed that there was no city that has fully implemented the rules and policies for waste pickers.

Publication Date: 
16/08/2012
Smriti Kak Ramachandran [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
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Waste Disposal [4], NGO [5], Waste Management [6], Delhi [7], Municipal Corporation [8], Patna (T) [9], Ahmedabad (T) [10], Faridabad (T) [11], Rehabilitation [12], People [13], Varanasi (T) [14], Allahabad (T) [15], Bhopal (T) [16], Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) [17], Solid Waste [18]

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