Lok Sabha Question No. 46 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Accidents due to Neglected Drains
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar, Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOk SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 46 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBURARY 02, 2023

## ACCIDENTS DUE TO NEGLECTED DRAINS

NO.46.

SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there have been unnatural deathslgrave injuries of individuals due to fall in open, neglected  drains in States/UTs, including those under the Iand owning agency Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details of such incidents, StatelUT wise, especially in Delhi, Tamil
- Nadu and Punjab;
- c) the details of compensation paid to the family members or the individuals
- who are victims of such incidents;
- (d) the details criminal cases filed and action taken against officers accountable in such bodies in States/UTs and DDA, StatelUT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government is taking any measures to minimize such accidents due to open, neglected drains the details thereof and if not, the
- reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)&(b): The instant matter is a State   subject: However, as per the information furnished by National Crime Records Bureau (Statistical Branch), during 2019 2021, there have been 378 accidental deaths due to fall into manholelsewer including Delhi, Tamil Nadu, and Punjab: Details are at ANNEXURE-I. Further, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has also informed that no such incident has occurred:

(c)& (d): The instant matter is a State subject: As such no informationl details are maintained.

(e): Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has  published a Manual on Storm Water Drainage Systems, 2019 whereby safety & social safeguard requirements have been mentioned: Many State(s) and Central Government agencies have also taken various measures to minimize such accidents due to open, neglected drains-

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ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY PART (a)& (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 46 REGARDING SACCIDENTS DUE To NEGLECTED DRAINS" DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02 FEBURARY , 2023.

## StatelUT-wise Number of Accidental Deaths due to Fall into Manhole/Sewer#: during 2019-2021

|        | StatelUt                     | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   |
|--------|------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|        | Andhra Pradesh               |        |        |        |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh            |        |        |        |
| 3      | Assam                        | 0      |        | 0      |
| 4      | Bihar                        | 6      |        | 10     |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                 | 0      | 8      |        |
| 6      | Goa                          | 0      |        |        |
| 7      | Gujarat                      | 30     | 23     |        |
| 8      | Haryana                      |        | 2      | 3      |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh             |        |        |        |
| 10     | Jharkhand                    | 0      | 3      |        |
| 11     | Karnataka                    | 0      |        |        |
| 12     | Kerala                       | 2      | 3      |        |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh               | 1      | 3      |        |
| 14     | Maharashtra                  | 19     | 16     |        |
| 15     | Manipur                      | 0      | 0      |        |
| 16     | Meghalaya                    |        |        | 9      |
| 17     | Mizoram                      |        |        | 8      |
| 18     | Nagaland                     | 0      | 0      |        |
| 19     | Odisha                       | 4      | 4      | 8      |
| 20     | Punjab                       | 5      |        |        |
| 21     | Rajasthan                    | 13     | 49     |        |
| 22     | Sikkim                       | 0      | 0      |        |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu                   | 1      | 4      | 3      |
| 24     | Telangana                    | 8      | 3      |        |
| 25     | Tripura                      |        | 0      | 6      |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh                | 16     | 14     | 12     |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                  | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 28     | West Bengal                  |        | 0      | 0      |
|        | TOTAL STATE(S)               | 100    | 136    | 123    |
| 29 A & | N Islands                    |        | 0      | 0      |
| 30     | Chandigarh                   |        |        | ;      |
| 31     | DGN Haveli and DamangDiu @ + |        |        |        |
| 32     | Delhi UT                     | 2      |        |        |
| 33     | Jammu & Kashmir              |        | 8      | 8      |
| 34     | Ladakh                       |        |        | 0      |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                  |        | 0      |        |

| 36                                                                                               | Puducherry                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| TOTAL UT(S)                                                                                      | TOTAL UT(S)                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                | 11                                                                                               |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                                                                                | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                                                                                | 102                                                                                              | 142                                                                                              | 134                                                                                              |
| Source: Accidental Deaths & suicide in India, National Crime Records Bureau (Statistical Branch) | Source: Accidental Deaths & suicide in India, National Crime Records Bureau (Statistical Branch) | Source: Accidental Deaths & suicide in India, National Crime Records Bureau (Statistical Branch) | Source: Accidental Deaths & suicide in India, National Crime Records Bureau (Statistical Branch) | Source: Accidental Deaths & suicide in India, National Crime Records Bureau (Statistical Branch) |
| 6*9 Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019                         | 6*9 Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019                         | 6*9 Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019                         | 6*9 Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019                         | 6*9 Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019                         |
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| # Word "Sewer" included in year 2020                                                             | # Word "Sewer" included in year 2020                                                             | # Word "Sewer" included in year 2020                                                             | # Word "Sewer" included in year 2020                                                             | # Word "Sewer" included in year 2020                                                             |