Fwd: Shame!

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From: Shiva Shankar <sshankar@cmi.ac.in>
Date: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:58 PM
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No surprise - after all there is manual scavenging at the New Delhi railway station, some kilometers from the Supreme Court of the country.
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                Shame! Manual scavenging continues in KGF

Senthalir S, TNN Jun 22, 2011, 05.57am IST

KOLAR GOLD FIELDS: Over the past six months, six persons have died in Kolar Gold Fields, 100km from Bangalore, due to illnesses contracted from manual scavenging. This was revealed by a fact-finding study conducted by the People's Union for Civil Liberties and Social Justice Organisation.

That manual scavenging exists under the shadow of the glittering IT capital, is shameful. Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for an end to this practice; on Monday, the Karnataka High Court directed the government to file an action plan to eradicate it.

The scavengers' life is miserable. Geetha B lost her husband G Babu and brother-in-law GS Nagaraj, 45, both safai karmacharis. Her husband died on April 5 and her brother-in-law on Oct 10, 2010.

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Law and parliamentary affairs minister S Suresh Kumar visited KGF on Tuesday and promised them rehabilitation and new jobs. Just one hour after his visit, at least six safai karmacharis from Kennedy Telugu Lane, near Oorgaum, went to nearby Henry's Lane to clear a sewage pit - without protection.

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Palash Biswas
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