The workers have been identified as Bacchu Singh, Pintu and Suraj Kumar Sahni, while the rickshaw puller has been identified as Satish, a resident of Sardar Colony, Rohini Sec-16, police said.
DCP, Outer North district Delhi, Brijendra Yadav said that a call was received at the Samaypur Badli Police Station at 6:34 pm regarding the falling of three workers of MTNL in a sewer in Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar.
The workers were pulled out from the sewer and rushed to the district hospital. However, the doctors declared them brought dead, the police said.
Aimed at preventing sewer deaths in the country, the Centre has asked all states to set up an emergency response sanitation unit (ERSU) on the lines of fire services.
At a workshop organised by the Delhi Jal Board at Talkatora Stadium, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he feels dejected when he hears about sanitation workers dying while cleaning sewers. He also administered an "oath of safety and security" to the workers who pledged that they won't enter a sewer without proper safety gear.
On Saturday, seven people, including four sanitation workers, died of asphyxiation while cleaning sewer of a hotel at Fartikui village in Dabhoi tehsil of Gujarat's Vadodara district.
The rescue teams prepared Deepak’s mannequin to ascertain his whereabouts after he fell into the sewer. The kid however, could not be traced.
The police came to know about the incident at around 7:30 am. They were told that the labourer was brought dead from the Delhi Jal Board Pump House in Jahangirpuri.
The NGO had decided to raise the money after a photograph of a boy grieving next to Anil's body had gone viral on social media.
Cleaner dies inside sewer in west Delhi’s Dabri
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