Eminent Citizens Oppose Govt’s Rs 1200-Cr Plan for Sabarmati Ashram
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Eminent Citizens Oppose Govt’s Rs 1200-Cr Plan for Sabarmati Ashram

Writers, activists, former high court judges, educationists, former civil servants and other eminent citizens have written a stern note of opposition to the Union government’s Rs 1,200-crore plan to refurbish the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad into a “world class” memorial.

Workers Continue to Die in Sewers But the State Claims ‘NO DATA’
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Workers Continue to Die in Sewers But the State Claims ‘NO DATA’

The Union social justice minister of state Ramdas Athawale recently stated that ‘No deaths have been reported due to manual scavenging’. DASAM condemns the statement made by the Minister and calls for the recognition of the hundreds of lives lost.

Two Years Since Abrogation of Article 370: Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir
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Two Years Since Abrogation of Article 370: Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir

This executive summary of the third report issued by the Forum details several issues from civilian security to freedom of media, speech and information as well as health, employment, land, demography and identity rights.