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Powai STP deaths: Safai Karamchari panel seeks report, questions compensation deal with victims' families

India, Nov. 18 -- A week after two sanitation workers died inside a sewage treatment plant (STP) tank in a Powai housing society, the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) has taken cognisa... Read More


Safai Karamchari panel orders report on Powai STP tank deaths

MUMBAI, Nov. 18 -- A week after two sanitation workers died inside a sewage treatment plant (STP) tank in a Powai housing society, the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) has taken cognis... Read More


Two dead, three hurt in freak accident at Byculla construction site

India, Nov. 16 -- A freak accident at a construction site in Byculla claimed the lives of two workers and left three severely injured on Saturday afternoon. The accident took place when the workers, u... Read More


2 dead, 3 injured as a wall of mud gives way at building site

India, Nov. 16 -- MUMBAI: A freak accident at a construction site in Byculla claimed the lives of two workers and left three severely injured on Saturday afternoon. The accident took place when the wo... Read More


2 dead, 3 hurt in freak accident at Byculla construction site

MUMBAI, Nov. 16 -- A freak accident at a construction site in Byculla claimed the lives of two workers and left three severely injured on Saturday afternoon. The accident took place when the workers, ... Read More


BMC flags air pollution violations at Metro 7A site

India, Nov. 15 -- With winter approaching, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ramped up action against construction sites that violate air pollution norms. On Wednesday, the civic body i... Read More


Metro 7A site hit with air pollution breaches

Mumbai, Nov. 15 -- With winter approaching, the BMC has ramped up action against construction sites that violate air pollution norms. On Wednesday, the civic body issued a show-cause notice to the und... Read More


2nd death in STP-tank cleaning incident in Powai, 3rd worker reports inhaling poisonous gases

India, Nov. 14 -- The second worker working at the sewage treatment plant (STP) tank in Raj Grandeur building in Powai died late last night. Phulchand Kumar, 28, was declared dead at 11.48 pm on Wedne... Read More


Second worker dies in Powai STP tank cleaning case

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- The second worker working at the sewage treatment plant (STP) tank in Raj Grandeur building in Powai died late last night. Phulchand Kumar, 28, was declared dead at 11.48 pm on Wedn... Read More


One killed, one critical after suffocating in sludge-filled STP tank in Powai building

India, Nov. 13 -- Two workers hired to clean the sewage treatment plant (STP)-linked tank filled with sludge in a Powai building suffocated on Wednesday, leaving one Akshay Mandal, 22, dead, and the o... Read More