India, July 16 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
On the occasion of the 'National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Day', Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri B.L. Verma, inaugurated the helpline (14473) for waste pickers and distributed PPE kits and Ayushman cards to Sewer and Septic Tank Workers (SSWs) and Waste Pickers, in Lucknow today.
Addressing the programme, Shri Verma said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has honoured and respected those who were not cared about. He said that in 2014, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, the Prime Minister had started the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the country. Since that cam...