Despite having legislation in place to address the issue, manual scavenging deaths are a common occurrence in India.
The man was working in Avadi. (Representational image)
A man working as a manual scavenger in Chennai’s Avadi died on Sunday after inhaling poisonous gas. Gopinath, 25, was working on fixing a blockage in an underground drainage in Saraswathi Nagar near Avadi when the tragedy occurred. He was working with three others. All were contract labourers with the Avadi Corporation.