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- India
NHRC notice to TN chief secy, DGP after 3 workers die due to asphyxiation
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued notices to Tamil Nadu’s chief secretary, DGP and a top civic body official after three workers were asphyxiated to death while cleaning…
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Scourge of manual scavenging to end; robots to take over the dirty and life threatening task
M Somasekhar A robot is all set to potentially substitute manual scavenging, the topmost avoidable human labour in India. ‘HomoSEP’ is the robot that can help sanitation workers clean up septic tanks…
- Crime and Accident
UP: Youth’s body found in septic tank at girlfriend’s house
Lakhimpur Kheri: The body of a 19-year-old youth has been recovered from a septic tank here in the house of his girlfriend. The boy was allegedly strangled to death by his girlfriend’s…
- Hyderabad
Two labourers die while cleaning septic tank in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two labourers were suffocated to death and two others were taken ill while cleaning a septic tank in Hyderabad on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at Gautami Enclave in the…
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TN: Woman dies slipping into septic tank; office has no toilets
Chennai: A 24-year-old government officer allegedly slipped and fell into an unclosed septic tank and lost her life on Saturday. The incident took place when the woman went to relieve herself outside,…
- News
Hyderabad: Cow rescued from septic tank after 10 days
Hyderabad (Telangana): The GHMC Disaster Rescue team on Wednesday safely pulled out a cow which had fallen in a septic tank 10 days ago in the Allwyn Colony under Chandnagar circle. The…
- World
Nepal: 4 children die after falling into school’s septic tank
Kathmandu: Four children lost their lives after falling into the septic tank of a school in Nepal’s far-western district of Darchula on Tuesday, police said. The children were playing in the soil…
