Hyderabad: The day after two workers died after entering the drain under the GHMC, it has been found that at least 10 people have died of a manual scavion in Hyderabad between 2016 and 2021.
The incident has occurred despite the introduction of the sewer’s carrying machine, using bucket cleaning techniques for Eliminate the lanau from the sewer choked.
Ti experts spoke to say that workers were made to do manual scavengers in two basic forms which were cleaning dried latrines, and sewer cleaning and septic tanks.
However, both are illegal under the manual scounding law.
“To eradicate a manual refuge, the government needs to first remove inhuman latrines through dismantling and change it into a sanitation of latrines.
They also have to form a comprehensive rehabilitation package for manual scavengers,” said Safai President Karamchari Andolan Telangana, K Saraswati, added that there was also a need To increase the number of Jetting Sewer engines.
“The main reason for contractors hiring people to do a manual recipulation is because most machines can only be used on a large road,” he said.
The tragic incident in which two workers died on Tuesday night came after the city administration and the minister of Urban Development KT Rama Rao recently that the manual workforce in cleaning waste was a thing from the past in Hyderabad.
Also, in July 2017, the state government has launched a mini jinjing machine sewer in the city to negotiate a smaller path.
“The machines are not enough or not used by officials,” said Mohammad Ahmed, a social activist.
Meanwhile, Chief Engineer (maintenance), M Devanand, said, “While what happens to workers is very unfortunate, this operation usually has to be done during the day and there are certain guidelines to be followed.
We always advise workers to open a consecutive manholes hole Before doing manual work, let the toxic gas escape and avoid entering this Gotholes.
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