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Thursday, April 30, 2026
TopicSewer worker deaths

Topic: Sewer worker deaths

622 sanitation workers died in sewers, septic tanks across India in 9 yrs; 52 families got 0 compensation

Govt tabled this data in Lok Sabha Tuesday. UP recorded the highest fatalities at 86, followed by Maharashtra at 82, Tamil Nadu at 77, Haryana (76), Gujarat (73) & Delhi (62).

These technologies can end manual scavenging and save lives of sewage workers

Sewage workers continue to die despite the practice being illegal, and the govt has allegedly not done much despite massive funding available under Swachh Bharat.

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