Nearly 500 Died While Cleaning Sewers Or Septic Tanks Since 2019: Centre
Partially corroborated51Government data placed before the Lok Sabha shows that 498 workers died during sewer and septic-tank cleaning between January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2026.
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