In yet another horrifying example of civic apathy, a 30-year-old woman sanitation worker, Shruti Prakash Uke, was crushed to death while on duty for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) during a drain-cleaning operation in Wathoda’s Shri Krishna Nagar Square on Sunday evening. Another worker, Dhano Lal Marpa (50), sustained serious injuries and is battling for life at GMCH.
The incident occurred around 5 PM, when a dilapidated wall, dangerously close to the open drain being cleaned, suddenly collapsed. With no helmets, no protective gear, no barricading — Shruti and Dhano Lal stood no chance. They were buried under the rubble as fellow workers and locals scrambled to pull them out. Shruti was declared dead on arrival at GMCH.
This wasn’t an accident — it was pure negligence. No safety protocols. No engineer present. No structural check of the site. Just another day where poor workers were thrown into danger by a system that refuses to value their lives.
Locals and Shruti’s grieving family have slammed the NMC, calling it out for sending sanitation staff to hazardous sites without the most basic safety measures. “If this had happened to an officer, the system would have moved overnight,” said a furious relative.
The NMC’s response? A routine internal probe and a vague explanation sought from the contractor — standard lip service after a life has been lost. No arrests. No accountability.
This isn’t the first time. And it won’t be the last — unless someone in power finally pays the price for treating sanitation workers as disposable.
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