

Compensation sought for those who died of asphyxiation
Hundreds of members of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) seeking abolition of manual scavenging were arrested when they picketed the arterial Anna Salai on Tuesday.
Their demands included compensation for those died of asphyxiation in manholes, abolition of manual scavenging on the premises of railways and framing of rules under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
They also urged the government to put an end to the practice giving conservancy jobs to Dalits and other works to non-Dalits. “Dalits should also be appointed as drivers and assistants in offices,” they said.
CPI (M) MP T.K. Rangarajan, who addressed the protesters, said death due to asphyxiation in manholes continued in many part of Tamil Nadu, though there was a court direction against the practice of manual scavenging.
“Compensation has reached only one per cent of the families of the victims, while others have been left in the lurch,” he said and urged the Indian government to strictly implement the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
CPI (M) legislative party leader A. Soundararajan, party MLA Bheem Rao, TNUEF leaders P. Sampath and K. Samuel were among those who participated in the protest.
Related Stories
- Rahul, Priyanka to address rallies in Tamil Nadu this month
- 7,324 officials will face action, DGP tells court
- No immediate plan to tame wild elephant as kumki, govt. tells court
- ‘AIADMK in secret talks with national parties on alliance’
- Over 70 lakh T.N. farmers to benefit from income scheme
- Electorate in State swells to 5.91 crore
- DVAC blows lid off school education scam
- Tamil Nadu CM appeals to striking government employees to return to work
- Expedite cases relatExpedite cases related to food safety, says HCed to food safety, says HC
- No work, no pay, govt. warns employees
- » Business
- Mukesh Ambani's RIL buys out British toy-maker Hamleys for £68 million
- ‘Firms missing from database will not affect GDP calculation
- Jet collapse: pilots ask PM to probe Etihad’s ‘role’
- Hospitality sector set for boom after a decade’s lull
- ‘Jet’s lenders gave paltry sums in instalments’
- » Technology
- Bank credit grows 13.2% in FY19
- Income support, UDAY driving fiscal slippages: RBI
- Apple to tap India ‘with all its might’: Cook
- Why Jet’s fall isn’t good news for rivals
- Axis Bank back to black with ₹1,505 crore net
- » Sports
- IPL qualifier 2: Delhi Capitals’ energy and Chennai Super Kings’ experience on collision course
- Tottenham stuns Ajax 3-2 to reach Champions League final
- IPL 2019: Captain cool yet again turns the match CSK’s way
- IPL 2019: Capitals seal playoffs spot, reverse puts RCB almost on the brink
- IPL 2019: Parag and Archer’s knocks eclipse Karthik’s brilliant effort
- » Cinema
- I’m not sure if I will contest Producer Council elections: Vishal
- Vidya Balan to play Math genius Shakuntala Devi in her next film
- ‘Devarattam’ review: a violent film where the violence serves no purpose
- Avengers: Endgame’ review: the franchise gets an emotional, bang-for-buck farewell
- 'Avengers: Endgame’s Kollywood connect