New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Central government is committed to ensuring that no person needs to enter a sewer or septic tank in the interest of greater public hygiene.
Deoghar (Jharkhand) [India], August 9 (ANI): Six people, including two labourers, died after inhaling toxic gases inside a septic tank in Deoghar district of Jharkhand on Sunday.
Garhwa (Jharkhand) [India], July 21 (ANI): At least three labourers, including a father and a son engaged in septic tank work in an under-construction house in Kachari Road under Garhwa police limits, killed on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to expeditiously finalise the tender for hiring specially fabricated machines to collect, transport, and dispose of septic tank waste collected from unauthorised colonies in the national capital.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Delhi High Court has issued notices to Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board on a plea alleging that waste collected from septic tanks in Najafgarh area is being released into Yamuna river without being treated at sewage treatment plants.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): A four-year-old boy died after falling into a septic tank in the Shivaji Nagar area of Govandi here on Tuesday evening, police said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Three people died due to suffocation on Monday after they were trapped in a septic tank while cleaning it in Govandi, police said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Three private sanitation workers died after getting trapped in a septic tank while cleaning it here on Monday.
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced the Mukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana, under which, the Delhi Jal Board will deploy 80 trucks along with trained staff to ensure the cleaning and maintenance of the septic tanks across the city.<
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 1 (ANI Five people died and one was hospitalised on Friday after suffocating inside a septic tank in Katghara Patti village in Sultanpur.