Topics Manual Scavenging  |  Engineers  |  Bengaluru

Peerzada Abrar  |  Bengaluru  Last Updated at March 26, 2019 11:24 IST

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Jaya Singh is a contract worker with the Kumbakonam Municipality in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Not long ago, Singh and his other colleagues used to clean the manholes manually. But during this process, they were exposed to a hazardous environment as sewers were filled with poisonous gases, bacteria, viruses and parasites that cause various life-threatening infections among drainage workers. The lack of safety equipment such as ventilators, gloves, face masks and gas concentration detectors also put their lives at risk. Thanks to the robots created by Genrobotic Innovations, a Kerala-based startup, life is now much different for Singh and his colleagues.

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