Gujarat: Sanitation employee, contractor die after inhaling toxic gasoline whereas cleansing sewer line
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RAJKOT: A sanitation employee and a contractor of the civic physique in Gujarat’s Rajkot died resulting from asphyxiation whereas cleansing an underground drainage line on Tuesday, police stated.
Mehul Mehda (24), a sanitation employee, entered the underground sewer in Samrat industrial space and fainted after inhaling toxic gases, an official from Malaviya police station stated.
The contractor Afzal Kukur (42), who was current on the spot, instantly entered the sewer to rescue Mehda, however he too fell unconscious, he stated.
The duo have been taken out with the assistance of the hearth brigade and shifted to the civil hospital, the place the docs declared them useless, the official stated.
The sanitation employee was finishing up routine cleansing work of the sewer when he and the contractor died resulting from asphyxiation.
The civic physique will probe into the incident, Rajkot Municipal Corporation metropolis engineer H M Kotak stated.
“A machine was being used for cleaning and the victim apparently inhaled poisonous gas while fitting the machine. We are getting the exact information as to how it happened,” Kotak stated.
Notably, the state authorities had final week knowledgeable the legislative Assembly that 11 sanitation staff died of asphyxiation whereas cleansing drains in numerous elements of the state within the final two years.
While seven of them died between January 2021 and January 2022, 4 misplaced their lives between January 2022 and January 2023, Gujarat Social and Justice and Empowerment Minister Bhanuben Babariya had stated.
The authorities has paid Rs 10 lakh as compensation to their kin, she stated.
The minister additionally stated that the state’s city native our bodies and panchayats have been directed to strictly observe provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
RAJKOT: A sanitation employee and a contractor of the civic physique in Gujarat’s Rajkot died resulting from asphyxiation whereas cleansing an underground drainage line on Tuesday, police stated.
Mehul Mehda (24), a sanitation employee, entered the underground sewer in Samrat industrial space and fainted after inhaling toxic gases, an official from Malaviya police station stated.
The contractor Afzal Kukur (42), who was current on the spot, instantly entered the sewer to rescue Mehda, however he too fell unconscious, he stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The duo have been taken out with the assistance of the hearth brigade and shifted to the civil hospital, the place the docs declared them useless, the official stated.
The sanitation employee was finishing up routine cleansing work of the sewer when he and the contractor died resulting from asphyxiation.
The civic physique will probe into the incident, Rajkot Municipal Corporation metropolis engineer H M Kotak stated.
“A machine was being used for cleaning and the victim apparently inhaled poisonous gas while fitting the machine. We are getting the exact information as to how it happened,” Kotak stated.
Notably, the state authorities had final week knowledgeable the legislative Assembly that 11 sanitation staff died of asphyxiation whereas cleansing drains in numerous elements of the state within the final two years.
While seven of them died between January 2021 and January 2022, 4 misplaced their lives between January 2022 and January 2023, Gujarat Social and Justice and Empowerment Minister Bhanuben Babariya had stated.
The authorities has paid Rs 10 lakh as compensation to their kin, she stated.
The minister additionally stated that the state’s city native our bodies and panchayats have been directed to strictly observe provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
