Delhi Sewer Worker Death

Three workers and a rickshaw puller died after falling into a sewer line in Sector-16 of Rohini in Delhi, police said today.

Five men died while cleaning a sewer in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday, once again highlighting just how unsafe the working environment is for sanitation workers in the country.

A 37-year-old sanitation worker choked to death after he got trapped inside an underground drain while cleaning it in north Delhi's Wazirabad area on Sunday, police said.

Three days after a sanitation worker died due to drowning in a sewer in New Delhi, the police today said they have arrested three men including the supervisor of the site.

Four men are being questioned in connection with the death of 32-year-old labourer while cleaning a sewer in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri, police said Monday.

A fundraiser that helped collect nearly Rs 60 lakh for the family of a sanitation worker who died while cleaning a sewer in Delhi has triggered a controversy. Donations had poured in for the online crowdfunding campaign after a photo of a grieving boy with the body of the 37-year-old man named Anil went viral on social media, raising more than Rs 5...

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the "tragic death" of sewer worker Anil in west Delhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said "PM's Swachh Bharat is a hollow slogan, when he is blind to the plight of thousands of manual scavengers".

The five sewage workers who died recently while cleaning a sewer tank in west Delhi's Moti Nagar did not have personal protection equipment, a Delhi government enquiry report released Tuesday has found.

A sanitation worker suffocated after allegedly falling in the sewer of a building which he had entered to clean in Dwarka's Dabri area, police said Sunday.

A man was arrested today in connection with the death of a worker while cleaning a sewer at the city government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) in Delhi, the police said.

Concerned over the recent deaths of nine sanitation workers while cleaning sewers, the DJB's Karamchari Union has urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to prevent such incidents by not engaging untrained workers under contractors for this task.

Three sanitation workers have died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a drain in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar on Sunday, police said. The incident was reported at around 1 pm, they said.

Three workers and a rickshaw puller died after falling into a sewer line in Sector-16 of Rohini in Delhi, police said today.

Five men died while cleaning a sewer in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday, once again highlighting just how unsafe the working environment is for sanitation workers in the country.

A 37-year-old sanitation worker choked to death after he got trapped inside an underground drain while cleaning it in north Delhi's Wazirabad area on Sunday, police said.

Three days after a sanitation worker died due to drowning in a sewer in New Delhi, the police today said they have arrested three men including the supervisor of the site.

Four men are being questioned in connection with the death of 32-year-old labourer while cleaning a sewer in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri, police said Monday.

A fundraiser that helped collect nearly Rs 60 lakh for the family of a sanitation worker who died while cleaning a sewer in Delhi has triggered a controversy. Donations had poured in for the online crowdfunding campaign after a photo of a grieving boy with the body of the 37-year-old man named Anil went viral on social media, raising more than Rs 5...

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the "tragic death" of sewer worker Anil in west Delhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said "PM's Swachh Bharat is a hollow slogan, when he is blind to the plight of thousands of manual scavengers".

The five sewage workers who died recently while cleaning a sewer tank in west Delhi's Moti Nagar did not have personal protection equipment, a Delhi government enquiry report released Tuesday has found.

A sanitation worker suffocated after allegedly falling in the sewer of a building which he had entered to clean in Dwarka's Dabri area, police said Sunday.

A man was arrested today in connection with the death of a worker while cleaning a sewer at the city government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) in Delhi, the police said.

Concerned over the recent deaths of nine sanitation workers while cleaning sewers, the DJB's Karamchari Union has urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to prevent such incidents by not engaging untrained workers under contractors for this task.

Three sanitation workers have died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a drain in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar on Sunday, police said. The incident was reported at around 1 pm, they said.