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MCG issues notice to contractor after worker seen cleaning sewer without gears

MCG issues notice to contractor after worker seen cleaning sewer without gears

Published 53 days ago

Palwal sanitation worker dies after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning sewer

Police conduct inquiry as family declines complaint; incident highlights recurring safety lapses after similar deaths in Nuh earlier this month. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 95 days ago

Nuh DC orders inquiry, JE suspended over sanitation workers’ death

During the rescue efforts on Tuesday.

Published 107 days ago

2 sanitation workers die after toxic gas exposure while cleaning sewer in Nuh

Police carrying out rescue work on Wednesday. (HT)

Updated 109 days ago

Worker cleaning drain in Delhi's Seemapuri drowns; had 'no safety gear'

Senior officers said the incident took place at Pocket Q in Dilshad Garden, where the deceased Rahul Pal and his friend Rajdhan were deployed to clean the drain, which is reportedly under the jurisdiction of the PWD.

Published 125 days ago

Chandigarh: Worker falls to death from Hotel Parkview’s 3rd floor

Two workers fell to the first floor while installing polycarbonate roofing sheets, suffering severe injuries. Doctors declared one of them brought dead and the other was declared unfit for statement. (Representational Image)

Published 266 days ago

Fireman who died saving pigeon was not given safety gear

Fireman who died saving pigeon was not given safety gear

Published 290 days ago

No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death

No safety gear for staff, firm manager arrested in sewer death

Published 315 days ago

Wake up from slumber: SC slaps ₹5 lakh fine on PWD over lack of safety gear

The court noted that PWD had outsourced the task to a contractor, but failed to issue notices or blacklist him for negligence.

Published 318 days ago

1 dead, 2 injured on entering Delhi sewer without safety gear

The spot where the manual scavenging death took place. (HT)

Published 319 days ago

3 workers die due to fumes in oil tank at MP factory; magisterial probe ordered

Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 328 days ago

Ludhiana: Four fatalities in 3 months, PSPCL staff still without safety gear

Chief engineer Jagdev Hans says the complaint of workers has been forwarded to higher authorities. (HT Photo for representation)

Published 334 days ago

Two dead while cleaning Sector 115 pumping station in Noida

Khushal Singh, one of the victims.

Published 350 days ago

11-yr-old govinda’s death: Mandal president booked for negligence

Mahesh Jadhav, 11, had been taking part in Dahi Handi human pyramids for four or five years, said a police officer.

Published 355 days ago

Two die inside septic tank in south-west Delhi

18-year-old Pradeep Kumar. (HT Photo)

Published 372 days ago

Builder, contractor booked for engineer’s death

(Shutterstock)

Published 383 days ago

Swachh workers claim they are forced to collect garbage in bags as plastic buckets not provided

Swachh employees allege PMC did not provide plastic buckets to collect garbage and they are forced to collect waste in bags made of cloth or plastic since past two years. (HT)

Published 528 days ago

Ghaziabad: 8 workers injured as shuttering of water tank crashes

A committee of officials, comprising sub-divisional magistrate of Modinagar, executive engineer of the public works department, and engineer from Muradnagar Nagar Palika, was set up to probe the incident. (Sakib Ali/HT Photos)

Published 532 days ago

Painter dies after falling from ladder at construction site; contractor booked

The deceased has been identified as Amarnath Bharti, 54, from Uttamnagar area. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated 569 days ago

Malad manhole deaths: Supervisor arrested for negligence

Over two weeks after a 35-year-old chartered accounted (CA) drowned to death after his car fell into the Sirhind Canal near Doraha on April 5, his family has sought a murder investigation. (HT File)

Updated 829 days ago

23-year-old plumber falls to death from ninth floor in Ghatkopar

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Updated 962 days ago

Ranhola victims’ kin say hospital ‘ignored’ safety

The hospital where the incident occurred on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published 981 days ago

Sasmira’s Institute deaths: Lab in-charge booked for causing death by negligence

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Updated 1017 days ago

Two labourers die in separate incidents due to lack of safety gears

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Updated 1040 days ago

Bulletproof vests, high-frequency radios to bolster surveillance in Naxal-hit districts

A senior police official explained that the UHF radios work within a frequency range of 400 and 512 megahertz, and they’re preferred because their signals could even penetrate busy buildings and were suitable for indoor and outdoor usage. (File)

Published 1057 days ago

Labourer dies after falling from 2nd floor of a 7-storey Juhu building

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Updated 1140 days ago

Sanitation workers protest in Gurugram, demand regularisation of jobs

Gurugram, India-April 20, 2023: Sanitation worker of MCG held a protest march with broom against the state government at DLF phase-4 near Galleria Market, in Gurugram, India, on Thursday, 20 April 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Updated 1200 days ago

NHRC notice to Bihar on death of 2 sanitation workers

The National Human Rights Commission has told Bihar to report on the death of two persons (PTI)

Updated 1206 days ago

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