Tirupur: Two men died of asphyxiation and another person is battling for life at hospital after they entered a septic tank at a dyeing mill at Karaipu.

More than half of 1,400 domestic septic tanks inspected by local authorities last year failed to meet the required standard.

In all, 56% of septic tanks failed their inspections, and the EPA said it is critically important that households maintain their septic tanks given the risks from such failures.

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They say there were no disclosures made that their septic system drain fields under their backyard are full, meaning every few weeks, their wastewater backs up into their home.

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But they agree that when septic tanks fail, the local impact can be significant. Waste pools up in drain fields and runs off into ditches, canals and tributaries that lead to the lagoon.

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Inspections would happen periodically or be triggered by a property use change or increase.