Around 300 sanitation workers, most of them women, continued their protest in Chennai for the eighth day on Thursday, demanding a meeting with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and a revision of…
The Mohali municipal corporation (MC) will regularise 479 sanitation workers and 19 sewer-men after its House approved the proposal on Monday. The decision came as part of 11 proposals aimed at improving…
Nellore Municipal Corporation, in association with Narayana Medical College Hospital, began a two-day free medical camp for all department employees at the corporation office on Thursday. Municipal Commissioner YO Nandan visited the…
The Hindustan Times reports that the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has ordered zonal commissioners to investigate 1,200 sanitation workers hired on contract a year ago. Councillors from several wards say they have never…
The Bombay high court has struck down a government resolution that let the state avoid paying compensation to sanitation workers who died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers if they were employed…
A state-wide bandh called by sanitation workers in Punjab shut markets and commercial establishments in several cities on Thursday. The strike followed a lathi-charge on sanitation workers in Barnala on July 22,…
Rajasthan Minister of State for Forest Sanjay Sharma staged a dharna outside the Alwar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday to demand appointment letters for sanitation workers selected in a 2012 recruitment drive. Congress…
The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) is exploring a dedicated grievance mechanism for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, discussed at a meeting with Telangana State Commission for SCs and STs…
The Story in Brief Indore and Bengaluru are adapting sanitation workers’ uniforms and protective gear after consulting those who use them. Indore Municipal Corporation changed its standard design after feedback
