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Amitabh Bachchan pledges to join 'any campaign' that works for welfare of
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Talking about the plight of sanitation workers, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday termed manual scavenging as an "unconstitutional and illegal act" and said that he has pledged to join any campaign that works for the benefit for such workers.
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Anand Mahindra joins as Genrobotics raises Rs 2.5 crore in pre-series A
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Genrobotics, a Thiruvananthapuram-based robotics company, has raised Rs 2.5 crore in pre-series A round from existing investors Unicorn India Ventures to spread the use of automated manhole cleaning.
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Woman stands for 7 hours in the rain to warn people about open manhole
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): During heavy rain, a woman opened the lid of a manhole to drain out accumulated water and stood there for seven hours to warn people not to come there to prevent accidents in Mumbai's Matunga on August 4.
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Manholes in Guwahati to be cleaned by Robots
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 29 (ANI): Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Guwahati Development Department (GDD) Minister on Tuesday inaugurated the first-ever manhole cleaning robot to end manual scavenging.
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Indian Oil Corporation gives robotic machine to Assam govt for cleaning dr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 29 (ANI): The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Tuesday gifted a robotic mechanism for removal of sludge from underground drains in a bid to help the state government keep the street of Guwahati clean.
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Ahead of monsoon, Mangaluru BJP Corporator cleans manhole to avoid waterlo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 2 (ANI): Mangaluru BJP Corporator Manohar Shetty, who entered a manhole to clean a drain, said that he did it to avoid waterlogging ahead of monsoon as people were facing several problems for the past few years.
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One dead, another critical after entering manhole in Bengaluru
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): One person died while another is in critical condition after the duo allegedly entered a manhole in Shivaji Nagar here on Saturday, said police.
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Maharashtra: 3 farmers dead after inhaling poisonous gas in water pipeline
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Three persons died on Tuesday after they inhaled poisonous gas in a manhole of a pipeline being used to draw water for their crops in Chikal area of Aurangabad, a corporation official said.
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Surat: Open manhole claims life of 7-yr-old boy
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], July 16 (ANI): A seven-year-old boy died after he fell into an open manhole in Surat's Varachha area.
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3 suffocate to death in Bengaluru manhole
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru [Karnataka], January 7 (ANI): Three sanitation workers died of suffocation when they entered a manhole to clean it in Bengaluru on Sunday.
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Dr Deepak Amarapurkar death: Four arrested for negligence in opening manho
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 18 (ANI): The Mumbai Police on Monday arrested four persons for their negligence in connection with the tragic death of renowned gastroenterologist Dr Deepak Amarapurkar, who fell into an open manhole on August 29, when heavy rain lashed the city.
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Bombay HC to hear plea against BMC, others in Dr. Amrapurkar's death
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 1 (ANI): The Bombay High Court will hear the plea against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and others today in the matter of death of Dr. Deepak Amrapurkar, who died after falling in open manhole on August 29.
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