|Fact Finding Report| – Manual Scavenger Deaths – Tiptur and Dharwar
April 12, 2012 by PUCL Karnataka · Comments Off on |Fact Finding Report| – Manual Scavenger Deaths – Tiptur and Dharwar
Filed under: Human Rights, Minorities
Filed under: Human Rights, Minorities
- A Fact-finding Report on the Deaths of 2 Manhole Workers in Tiptur {Available HERE}
On 18.12.2011, Jagdish Bin Manjashetty, resident of KB Hala village, Lakki Hobli, Chikmaglur district, and Dharma, resident of Kennere village, Arsikere taluk, Hasan district, labourers in a UGD project in Tiptur, Tumkur district, were working in a newly constructed manhole on the by-pass road from KSRTC bus stand towards Tumkur, and died reportedly due to suffocation. This matter was reported in Kannada Prabha, Prajavani, and Prajapragati. [Report HERE] - Death by Suffocation of Yakob Yalakapati in an Underground Drain in the Tolnaka Area of Dharwar: A PUCL Fact-finding Report [Available HERE]
On 16.2.2012, Yakob Yalakapati, resident of Jannathanagar, Dharwar, and permanent powrakarmika, died while working in an underground sewage drain. When we received a telephonic communication regarding this matter, PUCL appointed a fact-finding team consisting of TKDayanand, Vijay Guntral, and S. Raghupathi to investigate this case.
[Report HERE]