{"id":3049,"date":"2019-03-27T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2019-03-27T17:22:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:52:18","slug":"coming-soon-a-robot-to-clean-septic-tanks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coming-soon-a-robot-to-clean-septic-tanks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming soon \u2014 a robot to clean septic tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A group of in IIT-Madras is developing a robot\nto clean septic tanks. Such inventions are particularly significant amidst\nfrequent deaths of manual scavengers in India. According to the Safai\nKarmachari Andolan (SKA) at least 1,470 manual scavengers died at work between\n2010 and 2017. <\/li><li>Manual scavenging is the practice of manually\ncleaning, carrying, disposing of, or handling human excreta. The International\nLabour Organization (ILO) distinguishes three forms of manual scavenging: a)\nRemoval of human excrement from public streets and dry latrines, b) Cleaning\nseptic tanks, and c) Cleaning gutters and sewers.<\/li><li>Manual scavenging in India is prohibited under\nthe Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act\n2013. The law intends to eliminate insanitary latrines and prohibit employment\nas manual scavengers. It also prohibits hazardous manual cleaning of sewer and\nseptic tanks.<\/li><li>Kerala and Delhi has spearheaded in ending\nmanual scavenging. Kerala in 2018, had launched Bandicoot- a robot equipped to\nclean sewers and manholes. Recently, in March 2019, Delhi government has\nintroduced a fleet of 200 sewer cleaning machines. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of in IIT-Madras is developing a robot to clean septic tanks. Such inventions are particularly significant amidst frequent deaths of manual scavengers in India. According to the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA) at least 1,470 manual scavengers died at work between 2010 and 2017. Manual scavenging is the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coming-soon-a-robot-to-clean-septic-tanks-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coming soon \u2014 a robot to clean septic tanks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[1772],"class_list":["post-3049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-manual-scavenging","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704758627},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}