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Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
Sanitation accused their supervisor of coercion, wage manipulation and caste-based abuse, alleging that workers are being pressured to surrender a recently approved ₹2,000 wage increase while being denied entitled leave. The allegations reflect the broader vulnerabilities faced by sanitation workers in Uttar Pradesh, which has recorded the highest number of sewer and septic tank deaths in India since 2017
“We do not sit at their doorpost”: Sanitation Castes and the Untouchability Within
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Pregnant teenage rape survivor set ablaze by alleged rapist
The accused was the girl’s cousin; his mother and sister abetted the crime
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Three homes raised after conflict over Garba Pandal, five more Muslim families served eviction notices: MP
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