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88 manual scavenging deaths in 3 years [1]

The number of deaths of sanitation workers while cleaning septic tanks and sewers has risen, despite a ban on manual scavenging, with 620 cases reported since 1993, of which 88 occurred in the past

Publication Date: 
10/07/2019
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Sanitation [3], Workers [4], Scavengers [5], Tamil Nadu [6], Gujarat [7]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/88-manual-scavenging-deaths-3-years
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/workers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/scavengers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat