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- India
From 2018-2023, over 400 die cleaning India’s sewers: Centre
New Delhi: More than 400 people died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers in the country between 2018 and 2023, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Social Justice and…
- India
Sanitation worker cleaning septic tank dies after inhaling toxic gas in UP
Ghaziabad: A 20-year-old sanitation worker died after allegedly inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a septic tank in a sugar mill in Modinagar area on Wednesday, police said. According to police, contractor Rohit…
- India
2 workers killed due to suffocation in septic tank in Rajasthan’s Udaipur
Udaipur: Two labourers died and two others fainted due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank in a hotel in Ambamata Police Station area here on Friday, police said. Police said two…
- India
UP man kills wife, dumps body in septic tank
Moradabad: A young woman was brutally murdered by her husband who suspected that she was planning to kill him. The 35-year-old accused, Nanhe Khan, a mason, repeatedly stabbed her in the neck…
- 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…