Summary:
However, civic officials claim that the BMC uses suction machines to clean septic tanks and sewerage lines. He added that people from remote parts of the state are hired to claen septic tanks manually. A senior official from the Sewerage Operations (SO) Department of the BMC said the owners of private property have to hire people to clean septic tanks. Former conservancy workers and activists claim that despite orders from the Supreme Court, manual cleaning of sewerage pipelines is still prevalent in Mumbai. "The sewerage pipeline that connects a society to the main sewerage line is around 6-inches-long," the official said..