New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of deaths occurring due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has substantially come down in the country, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI The New Delhi Municipal Council has constituted a sanitation response unit SRU for technical and managerial interventions for the safety of personnel during sewer cleaning an official statement said on SaturdayIt said the body under the name of emergency response sanitation unit ERSU or SRU is a professional well-trained motivated and appropriately equipped establishment for the maintenance and management of sewers thereby eliminating accidents and fatalities caused by the entry of workers into sewers without proper PPEs and training and non-adherence to security protocolsThis response unit will be headed by the NDMC secretary while Ajay Gupta will be the officer-in-charge of this unitIt also consists of two entryduty supervisors three administrative supervisors three call centre attendants and six sewer entry professionals sewer commandos the statement saidThe people of NDMC area can avail the facility of a toll-free number 1533 or use NDMC 311 app for all kinds of complaints and queries it added PTI NIT NIT TIR TIR
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