Manual Scavenging: Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Reports About Two Deaths Due To Inhalation Of Toxic Sewer Fumes

The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a news report stating that two men had died last week in city's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government and Delhi Jal...