Delhi HC Issues Notice to DDA, Police in Mundka Manual Scavenging Death Case

Two people died on 9 September, in Mundka's Bakkarwala area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday, 21 September, issued notice to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Police, after taking the suo moto cognisance of two manual scavenging deaths in the national capital, earlier this month.

A sanitation worker and a security guard died on 9 September, in Mundka's Bakkarwala area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer they had gone down to clean. They were identified as Rohit Chandilya aged 32, and Ashok, 30.

A division bench comprising of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also issued notice to National Commission for Safayi Karamchaaris, reported LiveLaw.