Cuttack: Two labourers died of asphyxiation and another became critical on Thursday after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a sewerage tank at CDA sector 10 in Cuttack district today.
The deceased persons have been identified as P Shankar of Tinikonia Bagicha and Bishnu Nayak of Badamba area. They were engaged in manual scavenging.
As per reports, the incident occurred while the trio was cleaning a sewage manhole when they suffocated due to which two of them died on the spot while another person was admitted to a nearby hospital in a critical condition.
On receiving information, police reached the spot and launched a probe in this regard.
Principal Secretary of Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department has ordered a joint enquiry by Tahasildar Cuttack and Deputy Commissioner Enforcement, Cuttack Municipal Corporation, into the incident in which two workers died after being trapped inside a sewerage line at CDA Sector-10 in Cuttack city today.
