Manual Scavenging Act invoked in Bengaluru’s Balagere STP death case | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The investigation into the deaths of two workers at the Balagere Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has taken a significant turn, with a Bengaluru Rural court permitting police to invoke provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, against the accused company and contractor.According to the order passed by…

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Perungudi dumpyard heads for a greener future | Chennai News

After decades of taking in garbage from all south Chennai neighbourhoods, the 225-acre Perungudi dumpyard is likely to call it quits by 2026-end. Commuters and residents along the foul-smelling 200-Feet Radial Road can finally heave a sigh of relief.To facilitate this, the city corporation proposed a 2,500tonnes-per-day waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Keerapakkam, near Vengadamangalam, in…

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