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‘It all happened in a minute’: An ‘illegal’ contract, a Rs 7,000 risk and 3 dead men in Raipur
March 22, 2026 9:15 pm
A contractor and the management of a hospital were booked by police after 3 sanitation workers went down a manhole to clean a septic tank and didn’t come out alive.
Brother, sister killed after falling into uncovered septic tank in UP’s Fatehpur
February 18, 2026 8:14 pm
Police said the siblings had accompanied their mother to an under-construction house, where the tank was located, when the incident took place.
Two brothers die after inhaling toxic gas inside septic tank
November 04, 2025 4:29 am
Both Chandrabhan and Raju were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them dead on arrival. Their bodies were later sent for a post-mortem
BMC to start 10-day survey on manual scavenging from Sunday
October 04, 2024 11:22 pm
BMC said the survey will be conducted from October 6 till October 16, with the civic body roping in an external agency through the solid waste management department.
2 waiters die cleaning septic tank: Banquet hall directors among 4 held under SC/ST Act
March 28, 2021 6:19 am
Police identified the four arrested men as directors Jimmy Arora and Girish Mahendru, housekeeping in-charge Rahul and general manager Amir Khan.
2 waiters die cleaning septic tank in East Delhi, kin say forced to do it
March 27, 2021 6:37 am
The incident took place around 10 pm Thursday when two waiters at the hall, Lokesh Kumar (35) and Prem Chand (40), were cleaning the tank
Mumbai: Treasurer of Govandi housing society held for septic tank deaths
December 25, 2019 5:55 am
Pawan Vishwanath Palav, 40, treasurer of Morya Cooperative Housing Society, had allegedly send the three labourers - Santosh Kalshekar (43), Govind Charotiya (34) and Vishwajeet Devnath (32) - to clean the septic tank Monday without providing them any safety gear, police said.
Nursery student drowns in septic tank- In Kapashera, a mother grieves: Even on TV they don’t show our case...
February 09, 2016 4:32 am
The “other” case she refers to is that of six-year-old Devansh Kakrora, who allegedly drowned in a tank in Ryan International School Vasant Kunj on January 30.
Nursery student drowns in septic tank: Kapashera civic body school principal held, released on bail
February 03, 2016 2:39 am
Nursery student Ankit had drowned in the septic tank near the school’s toilet on January 27
Boy drowns in septic tank: ‘I had to jump in three times before I could find the child’s body’
January 29, 2016 4:50 am
Baitha, who hails from Betiah district in Bihar, had moved to Delhi four months ago to work as a dailywage labourer.
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