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    Sewer deaths: the harsh reality

    The manual cleaning of human waste from sewers and septic tanks has long been banned in India due to the risk to life, but campaigners say scores of workers are still dying in sewers every year due to government inaction.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 05 November 2021

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    Indian government promises to step up enforcement to eradicate sewer cleaning deaths

    More stringent enforcement of the laws banning the manual cleaning of underground sewers and septic tanks in India has been promised as part of a new government drive aimed at stamping out the practice which claims numerous lives each year.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 05 August 2022