Maha to buy ₹100 crore of sewer cleaners to end manual scavenging
The Maharashtra government is buying ₹100 crore worth of robotic sewer-cleaning machines to end manual scavenging under the new 'From Manhole to Machine Hole' scheme. The machines costing ₹1 crore each will be distributed across 29 municipal corporations in the first phase. Sanitation workers involved in manual sewer cleaning will be trained and given priority to operate these machines.