Chennai:
Chennai Metro water is now training its field workers in utilizing machineries for removal of silt and obstruction from the manhole.
This comes in the wake of Madras High Court clamp of manual scavenging, which has resulted in several deaths of sewerage workers.
Chennai Metro Water said that under the first phase, training is being imparted to 25 field workers at Royapuram Sewage Pumping Station.
Interestingly, the training is being imparted to the field workers after the procurement of more desilting and jet rodding machines.
A Metro Water spokesman said that under the instructions of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister a total of 50 desilting machines worth 2.54 crore, 20 jet rodding machines worth Rs 7.16 crore and six jetting cum suction machines worth rs 2.25 crore have been purchased during the last two years to remove sewer obstruction.
The training centre and area offices of Metro water has started its training camps to train a total of 1600 field workers to maintain the sewer system by using latest the latest machineries.
Chennai Metro water is now training its field workers in utilizing machineries for removal of silt and obstruction from the manhole.
This comes in the wake of Madras High Court clamp of manual scavenging, which has resulted in several deaths of sewerage workers.
Chennai Metro Water said that under the first phase, training is being imparted to 25 field workers at Royapuram Sewage Pumping Station.
Interestingly, the training is being imparted to the field workers after the procurement of more desilting and jet rodding machines.
A Metro Water spokesman said that under the instructions of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister a total of 50 desilting machines worth 2.54 crore, 20 jet rodding machines worth Rs 7.16 crore and six jetting cum suction machines worth rs 2.25 crore have been purchased during the last two years to remove sewer obstruction.
The training centre and area offices of Metro water has started its training camps to train a total of 1600 field workers to maintain the sewer system by using latest the latest machineries.
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