Septic Tank Cleaning

Two people died of suffocation while cleaning a septic tank at a private residence in the old Jasola village area in Delhi, police said on Friday.

The principal and a teacher of a residential school in Karnataka's Kolar have been arrested and four contractual staff sacked after visuals from the campus showed Dalit students cleaning a safety tank.

According to the data, of the 49 cases of deaths in 2023, a maximum of 10 were reported from Rajasthan.

Four labourers from Bihar died of asphyxiation after entering a septic tank at a dyeing unit in Surat's Palsana locality, the police have said.

As many as 339 people have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in India in the last five years, according to government data.

Two labourers died and two others fainted due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank in a hotel in Ambamata Police Station area in Udaipur on Friday, police said.

Five workers died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, police said on Friday.

Five workers died due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, police said on Friday.

Calling the transition "manhole to machine mode", the Finance Minister announced that sewers and septic tanks across the country will be cleaned through mechanical process.

As many as 400 people have died while undertaking hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks since 2017, the government said on Tuesday.

A sanitation worker and one more person died of suffocation while cleaning the septic tank of a house in a village in Gurugram, police said on Monday.

Three people died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at a resort in Tamil Nadu.

A sweeper and a security guard died on Friday in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer they had gone down to clean, police said.

As many as 347 people have died since 2017 due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said on Tuesday.

More than 900 people involved in manual scavenging have died since 1993 due to asphyxia while cleaning septic tanks. To end this practice, Solinar a start up from IIT Madras developed this robotic system mounted on a tractor, in consultation with loc

Two people died of suffocation while cleaning a septic tank at a private residence in the old Jasola village area in Delhi, police said on Friday.

The principal and a teacher of a residential school in Karnataka's Kolar have been arrested and four contractual staff sacked after visuals from the campus showed Dalit students cleaning a safety tank.

According to the data, of the 49 cases of deaths in 2023, a maximum of 10 were reported from Rajasthan.

Four labourers from Bihar died of asphyxiation after entering a septic tank at a dyeing unit in Surat's Palsana locality, the police have said.

As many as 339 people have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in India in the last five years, according to government data.

Two labourers died and two others fainted due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank in a hotel in Ambamata Police Station area in Udaipur on Friday, police said.

Five workers died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, police said on Friday.

Five workers died due to suffocation while cleaning a septic tank in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, police said on Friday.

Calling the transition "manhole to machine mode", the Finance Minister announced that sewers and septic tanks across the country will be cleaned through mechanical process.

As many as 400 people have died while undertaking hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks since 2017, the government said on Tuesday.

A sanitation worker and one more person died of suffocation while cleaning the septic tank of a house in a village in Gurugram, police said on Monday.

Three people died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at a resort in Tamil Nadu.

A sweeper and a security guard died on Friday in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer they had gone down to clean, police said.

As many as 347 people have died since 2017 due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said on Tuesday.

More than 900 people involved in manual scavenging have died since 1993 due to asphyxia while cleaning septic tanks. To end this practice, Solinar a start up from IIT Madras developed this robotic system mounted on a tractor, in consultation with loc