SEWER DEATHS CONTINUE

September 18: Two devotees of jailed godman Sant Rampal killed while cleaning a sewer at his ashram in Mundka in west Delhi August 20: A man, Rishi Pal, died while cleaning a sewer at New Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. Three others were taken ill, were rushed to a hospital August 12: Two brothers killed while trying to clean a sewer in east Delhi’s Shahdara August 6: Three men died after inhaling toxic gases while cleaning a sewage water pipe in southeast Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar July 16: Four people were killed in Ghitorni while trying to clean a rainwater harvesting pit which had turned into a septic tank due to lack of maintenance