NHRC notice to Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka over plight of workers

 

 

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of the Department of Labour of Delhi, Maharashtra, and Karnataka on a plea filed to highlight the plight of crematorium or graveyard workers engaged in the last rites of Covid-19 death cases. The petition was filed in the NHRC by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy in which the NHRC sought a response from the authorities within four weeks. The plea said these workers are tired and hungry, overworked and under-protected, and yet the hardships of these unsung heroes have largely gone unnoticed.