<ul><li>The Kerala government has launched a robotic scavenger called 'Bandicoot' to clean sewages in Guruvayur, a temple town in the state.</li><li>According to Kerala's Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine, this initiative makes Kerala the first state in India to use robotic scavengers to clean manholes.</li><li>The robot, which has been developed by Thiruvananthapuram-based company Genrobotics, is expected to reduce the risk of manual scavenging and improve the efficiency of sewage cleaning.</li></ul>

Kerala becomes 1st state to use robotic scavengers to clean manholes

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