Lok Sabha Question No. 2462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Sanitation workers
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2462 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2024

## SANITATION WORKERS

## 2462 SHRI HIBI EDEN:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of deaths that have occurred due to the cleaning of sewers and drainages since 2019, State and Year-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has disbursed the compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs and Rs. 30 lakhs, as directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, to the families of sanitation workers who have died due to hazardous cleaning practices since 2014, and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has disbursed any compensation for workers that have been permanently disabled due to unsafe sewer/septic tank cleaning practices since 2014 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has not maintained data on the caste composition of workers in the sanitation and cleaning sectors, despite evidence that over 90% are from Dalit communities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a) and (b): Year-wise and State-wise details of workers who have lost their lives due to hazardous cleaning of sewer/septic tanks and the compensation paid to them since 2014 to 2023 is at Annexure.
- (c) and (d): No incident of disability has been reported from the States/Union Territories.

The reports sent by States/UTs does not mention the caste details.

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| Year                 | 2014               | 2014                     | 2014                           | 2015               | 2015                     | 2015                           | 2016                                        | 2016                           | 2017                                | 2017               | 2017   | 2018                     | 2018                                              | 2018                     | 2019                           | 2019               | 2019                     | 2020                           | 2020               | 2021 2022                           | 2021 2022                                               |     | 2023   | 2023                                              | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     | 2023                     |
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| Name of State/UT     | Total No. of death | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) | Total No. of death | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) | Total No. of death Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) | Total No. of death Name of State/UT | Total No. of death |        | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) Total No. of death | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) | Total No. of death | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) | Total No. of death | Name of State/UT Total No. of death | Full comp paid (10 lakh) Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) |     |        | Part. Comp.(less than 10 lakh) Total No. of death | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) | Full comp paid (10 lakh) |
| Kerala               |                    |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                | O N                                         |                                | a-                                  | 1                  |        |                          | 0 0                                               |                          |                                |                    | 0                        | 0                              |                    | 0                                   |                                                         | 0   |        |                                                   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Maharashtra          | NN                 |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                |                                             |                                |                                     | 5                  |        | • no                     | 4 0                                               |                          |                                |                    | 000                      |                                |                    |                                     |                                                         | 0   |        |                                                   |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 4                  | 4                        |                                |                    |                          |                                | 2 2                                         |                                |                                     | 0                  | 0      |                          | 0                                                 |                          |                                |                    |                          | • A                            |                    | U1 00 u A                           |                                                         |     |        |                                                   |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| Odisha               |                    |                          |                                |                    | 0                        | 0                              |                                             | 0                              | 0                                   | 0                  | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                 |                          |                                | 0                  |                          |                                | 0                  |                                     |                                                         |     |        | 0                                                 |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| Punjab               | 1                  | 1                        |                                | 1                  |                          |                                | 2                                           | 0                              | 8                                   | a 0o               | • 0    | NN -                     |                                                   | 3                        | 3                              | 0                  |                          | 00                             |                    | - N                                 | - N                                                     | 0 0 |        |                                                   | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        |
| Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | 14                 | 2 14                     | 0                              | 11                 | 10 8                     | 0 0                            | 2 7 7                                       | 0                              |                                     | 7                  | 0      |                          | 2                                                 | 5                        | 5                              | 0                  |                          |                                | 0                  |                                     | 16                                                      | 0 0 |        | 10 8                                              |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| Telangana            |                    | 3                        |                                | 1                  |                          |                                | 2                                           |                                | 7                                   |                    | 0      | 3                        |                                                   | 2                        |                                |                    | 12                       | 12                             | •0                 |                                     | 0                                                       |     |        |                                                   |                          |                          |                          | ooWoo                    | • ∞                      |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 4                  | 3                        |                                | 11                 |                          |                                | AO                                          | 2                              | 2 19                                | 15                 |        | 7                        | 3                                                 |                          |                                | 22                 | 0                        | 0                              |                    |                                     | A ur uA u                                               | 0   | 11     |                                                   |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          | 0                        |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
|                      |                    |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                |                                             |                                |                                     |                    | 0      |                          |                                                   | 26                       |                                |                    | 0                        |                                | 0                  | 5                                   |                                                         | 0   | 11     |                                                   |                          |                          |                          | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| Uttarakhand          |                    |                          |                                | 0                  |                          |                                |                                             |                                |                                     |                    |        | 0                        |                                                   |                          |                                |                    | 0                        | 0                              | 0                  | 0                                   |                                                         |     | 0      |                                                   |                          |                          |                          | 0                        |                          |                          | 0                        | 0                        |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| West                 | :                  |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                | • .                                         |                                | 10                                  | 10                 |        |                          | 0                                                 |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                | 0                  | 6 6                                 |                                                         |     |        |                                                   | 0                        | 0                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        | 3                        |
| Bengal               |                    |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                |                                             |                                |                                     |                    |        |                          | 0                                                 |                          |                                |                    |                          |                                |                    |                                     |                                                         |     |        |                                                   |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          | 3                        |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
| Total                | 53                 | 46                       | 6                              | 69                 |                          | 1                              | 56 51                                       | 5                              | 105                                 | 100                | 2      |                          | 70                                                | 3                        |                                | 5                  | 34                       |                                | 33                 |                                     | 63                                                      | 0   |        |                                                   |                          | 84                       |                          | 76                       |                          | 21                       |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |
|                      |                    |                          |                                |                    | 64                       |                                |                                             |                                |                                     |                    |        |                          | 76                                                |                          | 133                            | 120                |                          |                                |                    | 67                                  |                                                         |     |        |                                                   | 7                        | 59                       |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |

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