Tag: Health hazard
Three Killed in Manual Scavenging Accident
Nashik District, Maharashtra | Maya Khodve In December 2014 three men lost their lives at an accident at their work site. All three were conservancy workers who had been hired by contractors working for the Nashik Municipal Corporation. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013,...
No More Garbage Here!!
Community Correspondent Shanta Yevtikar lives in Nanded district of Maharashtra. One day while travelling through Phule Nagar area of Mukhed city, she noticed a lot of water and garbage collected in the vicinity. The stench was unbearable to the point that she felt sick when her bus stopped there for...
The Ramshackle School
The primary school in Khutdobara village of Kondagaon district in Chattisgarh is one of the many examples of poor implementation of the Right to Education Act. The building has been in a dilapidated conditions for years. It requires a long list of repairs among which the broken ceiling is a...
Unhygienic Pickle Factory Endangers Health
Pickle factory in Mumbai’s slum, is unmonitored by owner and overlooked by health department.
Liquor Sans Bill Strategy To Kill?
Adulterated alcohol kills hundreds in India every year. This video highlights one of the reasons why it happens: Shops sell alcohol without a bill.
Green Poison On People’s Platter
Traders play with people’s lives in Punjab, India, sell vegetables laced with chemical dye that causes cancer.