Manual Scavenging  

The bill proposes to make the law banning manual scavenging more stringent by increasing the imprisonment term and the fine amount, the officials said

While DMK leader Kanimozhi lashed out at the Central government over the railways enrolling manual scavengers, BJP leader and Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay termed her claims as "baseless accusation".

In yet another case of manual scavenging, six people have lost their lives. Three members of a family have died in the incident in Tamil Nadu. Apartment owner, who engaged the workers, is now absconding.
 

A man who had been engaged in manual scavenging died while cleaning the sewer of an international school in Bengaluru. The school’s owner, principal and vice principal were arrested. Police said no one was overseeing the cleaning work.