#StopKillingUs: Germiya Ongolu is a technocrat working as a chief technical officer with Ajantha Technologies, Bangalore has developed the technologies for stopping the manual scavengers entry in the main hole and sewers. Ongolu explains why and how he joined Safai Karmachari Andolan. Here he explains his innovation and its successful implementation.
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These are not deaths, it is an institutional killing says Bezwada Wilson to Newsd
#StopKillingUs: New Delhi, Bezwada Wilson, the founder of Safai Karmachari Andolan, speaks exclusively to Newsd about the plight of manual scavengers. He said, “Our demands are simple and clear. Stop people from entering the sewers who are involved in manual scavenging. The government should enable more technology into the shit[Read More…]
#StopKillingUs: Shyamvati a manual scavenger demands new job oppurtunities at ‘Safai Karmachari Andolan’ protest
#StopKillingUs: Shyamvati, a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad is a female sweeper and a manual scavenger. She came to Jantar Mantar for participating in Safai Karmachari Andolan. She said that women manual scavengers need different jobs and their children also need a change of work. No more cleaning shit business. She also[Read More…]
Odisha: Five rescuers die due to asphyxiation amid rescue operation
Five people died of asphyxiation inside a septic tank in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at Paika Sahi of Durgi village. The victims got into the septic tank to rescue a woman worker who had fallen inside it. However, they fell unconscious inside the tank[Read More…]