Rajasthan: Three labourers die, two injured while cleaning septic tank in Bharatpur
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajasthan: Three labourers die, two injured while cleaning septic tank in Bharatpur

India TV News  

Rajasthan news: At least three persons lost their lives while cleaning a septic tank in the village of Nagla Mai on Thursday morning in the Lakhanpur police station area of Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. Bodies sent for post-mortem examination Lakhanpur Police Station ASI Shrilal stated that the police arrived at the scene immediately following the incident. According to ASI Shri Lal of Lakhanpur Police Station, Bholu, Akash, and Karan died at the hospital and their post-mortem is being conducted, while the remaining two sustained injuries. ALSO READ: Mumbai: Two labourers die after falling into 40-feet deep septic tank, one critical

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Toxic Gas Incident: 2 Dead, 7 Hospitalised in Ahmedabad Factory
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Toxic Gas Incident: 2 Dead, 7 Hospitalised in Ahmedabad Factory

ABP News  

Two workers lost their lives and seven were hospitalized after they inhaled toxic gases at a textile factory in Ahmedabad, India. The incident took place at Devi Synthetics in the Narol industrial area of the city. Total nine workers inhaled toxic fumes that leaked while acid was being transferred into a tank. Out of nine workers, 7 are hospitalised, with …

Odisha: 3 Workers Die of Asphyxiation During Septic Tank Construction Work
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha: 3 Workers Die of Asphyxiation During Septic Tank Construction Work

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: At least three labourers died of asphyxiation while undertaking septic tank construction work in an apartment at Trisulia in Odisha’s Cuttack on Friday. Though the exact reason behind the accident was yet to be ascertained, it was suspected that the labourers died of asphyxiation while removing the centring of the septic tank with a very narrow opening. Eyewitnesses said …

Three die inside septic tank in Vrindavan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Three die inside septic tank in Vrindavan

Hindustan Times  

Agra Three people died in a tragic incident after they went down a private septic tank of a food outlet in Vrindavan on Saturday. Those aware of the incident raised apprehension that a non functional motor was being repaired inside the tank when the current spread and gripped these three, apparently working without safety precautions. “They were private labourers who …

Two suffocate to death while cleaning septic tank in Delhi’s Jasola
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Two suffocate to death while cleaning septic tank in Delhi’s Jasola

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI : Two people died after falling uncouncious while cleaning the septic tank in southeast Delhi’s Old Jasola Village on Friday. According to DCP Rajesh Deo, at about 1 pm, a PCR call was received about “two men who had fallen into a sewer in Old Jasola Village.” A police team rushed to the scene to find the two …

Delhi: Forced to manual scavenge, 2 die in Jasola
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi: Forced to manual scavenge, 2 die in Jasola

Hindustan Times  

Two men died after they fell unconscious inside a septic tank in southeast Delhi’s Old Jasola village, said police on Friday. A resident, who absconded from the scene, hired the two deceased to clean a septic tank at his house and allegedly forced them to manual scavenging after the desludging vehicle malfunctioned, police said. Deputy commissioner of police Rajesh Deo …

4 dead after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning septic tank in UP
7 months, 2 weeks ago

4 dead after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning septic tank in UP

Hindustan Times  

Four persons, including three labourers, died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a 15-year-old septic tank in Mughalsarai, Chandauli, police said. 4 dead after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning septic tank As per local people, all three labourers who entered the septic tank one by one became unconscious after inhaling toxic gas. Police said they were cleaning septic tank at …

Uttar Pradesh: Four dead after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning septic tank in Chandauli
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh: Four dead after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning septic tank in Chandauli

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh news: Four people, including three labourers, died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a 15-year-old septic tank in the New Mahal area in Chandauli, police said. As per local people, all three labourers who entered the septic tank one by one became unconscious after inhaling toxic gas. CM Yogi pay condolences to bereaved families Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi …

Noida: 2 killed after inhaling toxic gases in Sector 26
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Noida: 2 killed after inhaling toxic gases in Sector 26

Hindustan Times  

Noida: Two sanitation workers died allegedly after inhaling toxic gases while working in a sewage shaft at a Noida building, police said on Saturday. A resident of Sector 26 had hired the two sanitation workers to clean the sewage shaft at his house around 7pm but during the cleaning process, both the workers lost consciousness. Sumit Chawla, a resident of …

NCSC initiates inquiry into Ambujwadi toilet tank deaths
8 months, 3 weeks ago

NCSC initiates inquiry into Ambujwadi toilet tank deaths

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: a father and his two sons after they became unconscious from toxic fumes emanating from an underground tank in a public toilet in Ambujwadi, Malad, last week. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has started an inquiry into the deaths of a father and his two sons after they became unconscious from toxic fumes emanating from an underground tank …

443 died cleaning sewers, tanks in over 5 years: Govt
1 year ago

443 died cleaning sewers, tanks in over 5 years: Govt

Hindustan Times  

More than 400 people have died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers in the country since 2018, the ministry of social justice and empowerment said on Tuesday. In a written response to a question by Trinamool Congress member Aparupa Poddar, minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale told the Lok Sabha that 443 people died while cleaning …

2 die while cleaning tank at private firm in Anekal near Bengaluru
1 year, 1 month ago

2 die while cleaning tank at private firm in Anekal near Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Two labourers choked to death while two others took ill when they were cleaning a water tank at a private firm in Anekal on November 22. The deceased — Chandan Rajbhan Singh, 31, and his relative Pinto Rajbhan Singh, 22 — are from Bihar and were working as daily wage labourers. Chandan and Pinto were entrusted with the task of …

4 labourers from Bihar die of suffocation inside septic tank in Surat
1 year, 1 month ago

4 labourers from Bihar die of suffocation inside septic tank in Surat

Hindustan Times  

Four migrant labourers from Bihar lost their lives due to suffocation while working inside a septic tank in a village in Surat, police said on Wednesday. Preliminary investigation suggests that two workers initially fell unconscious during the septic tank cleaning process, prompting two others to attempt a rescue, a police official aware of the matter said. "Four workers had gone …

Bihar: Four workers die of asphyxiation in septic tank in Saharsa district
1 year, 4 months ago

Bihar: Four workers die of asphyxiation in septic tank in Saharsa district

India TV News  

At least four people died of asphyxiation while cleaning a septic tank in Bihar's Saharsa district on Tuesday. The incident took place when Kailash Choudhary, the 55-year-old owner, and three laborers, Asharfi Shah, 65, Sushil Kumar, 25, and Shambhu Shah, 45, were cleaning the septic tank on Monday evening in Mahisarho village, which is in the Mahishi police station area. …

Tamil Nadu: Three dead after inhaling toxic fumes in septic tank in Cuddalore
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Three dead after inhaling toxic fumes in septic tank in Cuddalore

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu news: Three workers died after inhaling toxic fumes while doing patch-up work on a newly constructed Septic tank near a Srimushnam village of Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore, the police said today. "Krishnamoorthy owned the new house for which a new septic tank was being built. Unfortunately, toxic fumes killed them," Cuddalore Police said. ALSO READ: Tamil Nadu: Fire breaks …

Gujarat: Sanitation worker, contractor die after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning sewer line
1 year, 9 months ago

Gujarat: Sanitation worker, contractor die after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning sewer line

India TV News  

A sanitation worker and a contractor of the civic body in Gujarat's Rajkot died due to asphyxiation while cleaning an underground drainage line on Tuesday. Mehul Mehda, a sanitation worker, entered the underground sewer in Samrat industrial area and fainted after inhaling poisonous gases, an official from Malaviya police station said. The sanitation worker was carrying out routine cleaning work …

Poverty, caste-discrimination at the root of manual scavenging, reveals study
1 year, 11 months ago

Poverty, caste-discrimination at the root of manual scavenging, reveals study

The Hindu  

They know it is a inhuman and demeaning job rooted in caste-based discrimination and passed on to successive generations, but the sanitary workers continue to undertake manual scavenging as employers exploit them, and at times are cruel as well. These are some of the facts known from the interviews taken among the sanitary workers in the State for a study …

Two workers die after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning underground chamber in Navi Mumbai
2 years ago

Two workers die after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning underground chamber in Navi Mumbai

India TV News  

It seems civic bodies across the nation fail to check deaths of labourers due to inhaling toxic gas while cleaning the underground sewer. In the latest incident, two labourers died apparently after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning an underground chamber in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Saturday night when three workers were cleaning an underground chamber in …

Pune: 3 Labourers Die While Working in Septic Tank of Housing Society; Police Probe Underway
2 years, 2 months ago

Pune: 3 Labourers Die While Working in Septic Tank of Housing Society; Police Probe Underway

News 18  

Three labourers died of suspected asphyxiation while working in a drainage chamber-cum-septic tank in Wagholi area of Pune city on Friday morning, police said. We were informed about it around 7 am and after reaching the spot, we took the bodies of two workers out,” an official from the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s fire brigade department said. We also …

Pune: Two labourers die while cleaning 18-feet deep septic tank
2 years, 2 months ago

Pune: Two labourers die while cleaning 18-feet deep septic tank

India TV News  

Highlights The incident was reported in the early hours of Friday from Wagholi area The police were informed about the incident at nearly 7 am on Friday They took out two bodies from inside the septic tank Pune: Two labourers died while cleaning a septic tank in Maharashtra's Pune. "The victims were working in an 18-feet deep drainage-cum-septic tank. We …

Data | Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu recorded most sewer-cleaning related deaths in last six years
2 years, 3 months ago

Data | Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu recorded most sewer-cleaning related deaths in last six years

The Hindu  

An answer in the Lok Sabha, quoting surveys conducted by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry in 2013 and 2018, mentioned that there are over 58,000 people engaged in manual scavenging in India. While a rehabilitation scheme has provided the workers with a one-time compensation, the capital subsidy has had few takers Sewer deaths The map depicts the State-wise number …

347 people died while cleaning sewers, septic tanks in last 5 years: Centre
2 years, 5 months ago

347 people died while cleaning sewers, septic tanks in last 5 years: Centre

The Hindu  

As many as 347 people have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in India in the last five years, with Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi accounting for 40% of these fatalities, according to government data. According to the data presented in Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore, 47 workers died while …

Two men die of suffocation from cleaning sewage pit in Chennai
2 years, 5 months ago

Two men die of suffocation from cleaning sewage pit in Chennai

India Today  

Two men died due to asphyxiation in Chennai on Thursday while trying to clean the sewage pit of an apartment. The residents alerted the police and fire service’s rescue officials pulled the two men out of the pit. Visuals from where the incident took place showed that the two men were not wearing any protective gear. With this, a total …

Uttar Pradesh: Two workers die while cleaning sewer line in Rae Bareli
2 years, 8 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Two workers die while cleaning sewer line in Rae Bareli

India TV News  

Highlights Two workers died while cleaning the sewer line constructed under a government scheme in Rae Bareli The administrative staff and District Magistrate rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation The workers were pulled out from the sewer and rushed to the district hospital Two workers died while cleaning the sewer line constructed under a government scheme here …

6-year-old dies after falling into open septic tank in Jaipur
2 years, 10 months ago

6-year-old dies after falling into open septic tank in Jaipur

India Today  

On Monday, a 6-year-old boy fell into an uncovered septic tank and died near gate no. Police have registered a case of causing death due to negligence against unknown people and will investigate it to ascertain who was responsible for keeping the septic tanks covered. He was hastened to Jaipuria hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said Mahendra Sewdaa …

Contractor Arrested After 2 Men Die Due to Toxic Gas Inhalation While Cleaning Septic Tank in Azadpur Factory
4 years, 2 months ago

Contractor Arrested After 2 Men Die Due to Toxic Gas Inhalation While Cleaning Septic Tank in Azadpur Factory

News 18  

Two men have died after they inhaled toxic gases while cleaning a septic tank in northwest Delhi's Azadpur area, police said on Monday. At 6.45 pm on Sunday, police received information that in a gold factory in Azadpur's G-Block, three men fell unconscious while cleaning a septic tank. The company that owns the factory located in the GT Karnal Road …

Senior Delhi Citizen Attempts to Rescue Septic Tank Cleaners in His Building, All Die
4 years, 2 months ago

Senior Delhi Citizen Attempts to Rescue Septic Tank Cleaners in His Building, All Die

News 18  

Two persons including a 60-year-old building owner died when they entered a safety tank in Molarband in Badarpur area of South East Delhi on Saturday evening. According to police, the owner of the building Satish Chawla, called two men to clean the septic tank of his four storey building. Finally Satish went in to save them but he too collapsed,” …

Six die in Jharkhand's Deoghar after inhaling poisonous gas inside septic tank
4 years, 4 months ago

Six die in Jharkhand's Deoghar after inhaling poisonous gas inside septic tank

Firstpost  

According to a police official, villagers broke open the tank and found all six lying unconscious. They were declared ‘brought dead’ at a local hospital Deoghar: Six persons died on Sunday after inhaling poisonous gas in a septic tank in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district, a senior police officer said. Two labourers - Govind Manjhi and Tilu Murmu – got into the …

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