NHRC Acts After Three Workers Die Cleaning Sewage Tank

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report stating that three workers died and another was critically injured due to asphyxiation after they entered a sewage tank without any protective gear at a private industrial unit in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district on May 19, 2025, according to an official release.

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Reportedly, they were employed at a Dyeing Mill in the Karaipudur area of Tiruppur and asked to clean the sewage tank of the factory. The Commission has observed that the contents, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights. The Apex Court, in its judgment passed in the case, Dr. Balram Singh vs Union of India (WP(C) No. 324 of 2020) dated 20.10.2023, has held that it is the duty of the local authorities and other agencies to use modern technology for cleaning of sewers