Madurai: Corporation commissioner Gaurav Kumar distributed safety gear to underground drainage workers under NAMASTE scheme on Tuesday at Madurai corporation’s main office. He gave away PPE kits, and spoke about creating safe working practices. City health officer Dr Aravind Jyothi, chief engineer Ramasamy and other officials were present.NAMASTE (National Action Plan for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem)…
Patna: Four workers sustained injuries after an iron angle attached to a Cantilever Form Traveller (CFT) machine fell on them during construction work at the Bakhtiyarpur–Tajpur four-lane bridge in Samastipur district on Saturday morning. The incident occurred near Matior village under Mohanpur police station area, temporarily halting work at the site.Construction was underway on Pillar…
The deceased was identified as Joginder Pahalwan, a resident of village Aurangabad in Palwal Gurgaon: A 50-year-old sanitation worker of Faridabad municipal corporation died allegedly after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a sewer line in Sector 19 on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Joginder Pahalwan, a resident of village Aurangabad in Palwal. He was…
Niyaz Ali, who worked as a Swiggy delivery partner, lived with a cousin in Null Bazaar Mumbai: A few years ago, Niyaz Ali left his village in Uttar Pradesh for Mumbai to support his parents and younger sister.After working several gigs, including loading vegetables in tempos, the 28-year-old finally landed a job as a Swiggy…
Four workers died after allegedly inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank at a jewellery manufacturing unit in Gujarat’s Surat city on Sunday, police said. Preliminary investigations suggest that safety protocols were not followed during the maintenance work. The incident took place in the Ashwini Kumar area, where a septic tank used to collect…
Bengaluru: Two brothers died and two of their co-workers sustained injuries while cleaning a cooling tower basin at a chemical factory in Jigani Industrial Area, Bengaluru Urban district, Thursday night.The deceased have been identified as Lalu Singh, 38, and his elder brother Munna Singh, 40, residents of Vaddarapalya. Their co-workers, Bijay and Sumit, have been…
Pune: A waste pickers’ union has demanded that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) provide their workers with life cover and include them in the health scheme offered to the civic staff.The union on Friday wrote a letter to the civic body raising the demand following the death of a waste picker in an accident while…
The cleaning operation began around 9.30pm on Thursday after water was pumped out of the underground tank used for treating coloured industrial wastewater generated during fabric dyeing operations Ahmedabad: Three migrant workers died and another was left battling for life after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning an underground tank at a textile processing unit in…
NCRB ReportVadodara: Gujarat, often projected as India’s manufacturing powerhouse, recorded the highest number of deaths from factory and machine accidents in the country for the third consecutive year in 2024, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.The state reported 121 deaths in factory and machine accidents in 2024 — the highest in the…
