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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar November 10Finally, the sewer men of the Municipal Corporation will get life-saving equipment and protective kits. But, he said he was not sure whether the sewer men would get the equipment in reality or not. “The sewer men need masks, gumboots, gloves, oxygen cylinders, safety belts and ropes in their kits. Though the Supreme Court expressed serious concern over people dying during manual scavenging and sewage cleaning in the country several times, the practice of manual scavenging is prevailing in the city. Defying the Supreme Court orders, the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) wing forces sewer men to enter manholes without providing any safety kit..