After ten deaths, authorities in Delhi today decided to fully mechanise cleaning sewers and made it clear that any violation would attract punishment up to life imprisonment. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by lieutenant governor Anil Baijal and attended by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other top officials on 22nd Aug. The authorities will press for stringent action and may recommend punishment under Section 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) against agencies or private contractors behind any violation, water minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said.