Maharashtra: Human death will not be done while cleaning the sewer, the government will buy 100 robots for cleaning of manhole

Pti, Mumbai. Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat said Tuesday that the state government will buy 100 robots for 27 municipal corporations to clean manhole. Currently, this work is done with hands. This announcement was made after the social audit of neatness works by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The audit report in question, in an audited audit report on the death of the cleaning workers, exposed the failure of the state government to the death of the cleaning workers. The social audit made by the central government made in Mumbai, Pune, Parbhani, Satara and Shirur has highlighted the serious failures of officers and contractors in the safety of cleaning workers in Maharashtra. During the cleaning of the Melhole, the person died between 2021 and 2024 during the cleaning of the Melhole, 18 cleaning staff died. The audit said that safety protocols, protective equipment and emergency response mechanisms were not found in all five of the questioned places. The new robots were created indigenous, said Sanjay Shirsat Minister of Social Justice that we will only test a month with a new robot in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation. After successful testing we will buy 100 robots. Shirsat said these new robots are created indigenously and are more competent than current robots with low capacity. Also read-third laborer who fell into the sewer room is also dead, the treatment went to hospital