New Delhi: Taking note of recent incidents where sewer cleaners died of gas poisoning, Delhi Government has set-up a three member committee to prepare a report on safety norms for workers and transition to mechanized cleaning of sewers. The committee has to submit its report within a week. The Delhi Commission for Safai Karamcharis (DCSK) had earlier submitted a special report to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, recommending banning manual cleaning of sewers. Dikshit had written to Raj Kumar Chauhan, the minister in charge, to look into the concerns raised in the report and come up with a solution. On Monday, the minister held a meeting with all civic agencies, including erstwhile MCD, DSIIDC, and DJB to discuss the modalities of doing away with manual cleaning of sewers. At the end of the meeting, Chauhan appointed a threemember committee including Sanjay Gehar, member secretary, DCSK, and the chief engineers of DJB and DSIIDC. The panel has been asked to draw up a set of safety norms for workers who clean sewers in keeping with the NHRC guidelines. After the meeting, DCSK chairman Harnam Singh said the minister has called for a meeting on July 25 to discuss the findings of the panel and plan the way forward.