GREATER NOIDA: A 21-year-old sanitation employee died after inhaling poisonous fumes while cleaning a sewage with no security equipment from Begumpur village of Surajpur on Thursday, authorities said.
About 10.
45am, a set of labourers headed by Greater Noida Authority builder Neeraj Bhati achieved the place and began assessing the sewer line from Begumpur village, that was obstructed.
Krishna Kumar, the sufferer, was requested to go into a manhole to wash out the sewer line.
But he fainted when he entered the sewer.
His fellow labourers educated authorities and a group arrived at the place and hurried him to a local hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
FIR from Gr Noida Authority contractorOn based on a complaint from the victim’s brother, an FIR was lodged against the builder and website incharge Jai Prakash.
Surajpur SHO Ajay Kumar told TOI which they’ve reserved Neeraj and Jai Prakash under IPC Section 304a (death due to neglect ).
There has been unrest among fellow labourers within the departure, who whined negligence within the builder and Authority officials caused the departure.
“Krishna has been given no safety gear,” said .
The inspector fled the place shortly after the episode, angering the labourers farther.