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Manual Scavenging Deaths: Pay 20 Lakh More To Workers' Families, Delhi Told
The Delhi High Court has asked the city government to make an endeavour to pay additional Rs 20 lakh to the families of workers, who lost their lives in manual scavenging, in pursuance to a Supreme Court's verdict.
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Ensure Compliance With Anti-Manual Scavenging Law: Court To Government
The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government to ensure strict compliance with the statutory provisions of the Employment As Manual Scavengers And Their Rehabilitation Act and the rules framed under it.
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"Despite Law, They're Forced": High Court After 2 Die Cleaning Delhi Sewer
Delhi High Court today lamented the death of two persons who inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer in the national capital earlier this month and observed that despite there being laws, scavenging work continues to be performed.
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Rs 10 Lakh Compensation Ordered In Death Of Two Manual Scavengers
The Delhi High Court has directed government company DSIIDC to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each to the families of two manual scavengers who died while cleaning a sewer in Bawana Industrial Area.
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Lack Of Adequate Public Toilets In Delhi Is Disgraceful: High Court
Delhi High Court today termed as "disgraceful" that many people in the national capital defecated in the open due to lack of public toilets and asked civic bodies and Railways whether adequate community latrines have been constructed by them.
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Delhi High Court Directs Municipal Corporations to Conduct Survey on Manual Scavenging
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the municipal corporations to conduct a survey of persons engaged or employed in manual scavenging within their jurisdiction within two months.
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Law to Prohibit Manual Scavenging Been Implemented, High Court Asks Civic Agencies
The Delhi High Court has sought response from municipal agencies, especially the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), on whether they have complied with the provisions of the 2013 law prohibiting employment of manual scavengers and are providing their rehabilitation.
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Manual Scavenging Deaths: Pay 20 Lakh More To Workers' Families, Delhi Told
The Delhi High Court has asked the city government to make an endeavour to pay additional Rs 20 lakh to the families of workers, who lost their lives in manual scavenging, in pursuance to a Supreme Court's verdict.
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Ensure Compliance With Anti-Manual Scavenging Law: Court To Government
The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government to ensure strict compliance with the statutory provisions of the Employment As Manual Scavengers And Their Rehabilitation Act and the rules framed under it.
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"Despite Law, They're Forced": High Court After 2 Die Cleaning Delhi Sewer
Delhi High Court today lamented the death of two persons who inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer in the national capital earlier this month and observed that despite there being laws, scavenging work continues to be performed.
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Rs 10 Lakh Compensation Ordered In Death Of Two Manual Scavengers
The Delhi High Court has directed government company DSIIDC to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation each to the families of two manual scavengers who died while cleaning a sewer in Bawana Industrial Area.
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Lack Of Adequate Public Toilets In Delhi Is Disgraceful: High Court
Delhi High Court today termed as "disgraceful" that many people in the national capital defecated in the open due to lack of public toilets and asked civic bodies and Railways whether adequate community latrines have been constructed by them.
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Delhi High Court Directs Municipal Corporations to Conduct Survey on Manual Scavenging
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the municipal corporations to conduct a survey of persons engaged or employed in manual scavenging within their jurisdiction within two months.
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Law to Prohibit Manual Scavenging Been Implemented, High Court Asks Civic Agencies
The Delhi High Court has sought response from municipal agencies, especially the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), on whether they have complied with the provisions of the 2013 law prohibiting employment of manual scavengers and are providing their rehabilitation.
