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  • Delhi govt announces extension of free sewer connection scheme

    Delhi govt announces extension of free sewer connection scheme

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    'Sultanpuri accident accused a BJP member,' alleges AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj

    New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday announced the extension of its free sewer connection scheme, saying it will help reduce pollution in the Yamuna river.

    Water minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said the city government will provide free sewer connections in the unauthorised colonies of Sangam Vihar and Ghalibpur and Rs 7 crore has been earmarked for this purpose.

    He said the Arvind Kejriwal government has connected 527 new unauthorised colonies to the sewer network since coming to power eight years ago, expanding the sewer network by 2,371 kilometres.

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    This new initiative will further strengthen the government’s commitment to improve the living conditions of the people in Delhi, Bhardwaj said.

    Untapped wastewater from unauthorised colonies and jhuggi-jhopri clusters, and poor quality of treated wastewater discharged from sewage treatment plants and common effluent treatment plants is the main reason behind high levels of pollution in the Yamuna.

    Twenty-two drains carrying domestic wastewater and industrial effluent fall into the Yamuna between Wazirabad and Okhla. Though the 22-km stretch is less than two per cent of the river length, it accounts for about 80 per cent of the pollution in the river.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • NHRC issues notices to Haryana govt, Gurugram municipality over sewer death

    NHRC issues notices to Haryana govt, Gurugram municipality over sewer death

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    New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Haryana government, the Gurugram Police and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram after the decomposed body of a man was pulled out from an open sewer.

    Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the commission said it is issuing the notices “over the reported death of the man after falling into a open sewer in Gurugram”.

    The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Badshahpur police personnel received information on April 20 that foul smell was coming out from an open sewer manhole near the Vatika Chowk area on Sohna Road. When a police team reached there, they spotted a body inside the sewer, it said.

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    The decomposed body was taken out by a fire brigade team from the 10-feet-deep sewer, it said and added that a laptop bag, a mobile phone and a power bank were also recovered.

    Reportedly, the documents in the bag suggested that he belonged to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, the commission said.

    SHO Badshahpur police station Inspector Madan Lal had said, “The body was decomposed. Laptop bag was found in the hand of the deceased. Apart from a laptop, a mobile and a power bank have been found in it.”

    “According to a document found in the laptop bag, the deceased may be about 30 years old Dinesh Kumar, a resident of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, but it is not appropriate to say this before identification. We kept the body in the mortuary and tried to identify it,” he had said.

    The NHRC has issued notices to the Haryana chief secretary, the Gurugram Commissioner of Police and the Commissioner, Gurugram Municipal Corporation, calling for a detailed report in the matter, including action taken against the guilty after a thorough enquiry into the matter, within four weeks.

    The commission has also sought details about the compensation granted to the next of kin of the deceased and the steps taken or proposed to be taken to ensure that such unfortunate incidents do not recur and precious human lives are not lost in the future.

    The report must contain the status of the investigation being conducted by the police as well as the department concerned, in the matter, it said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )