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Bengaluru shame: Without safety tools, three die of suffocation inside manhole

  • Three labourers were asked to get into a manhole without any safety tools
  • They died of suffocation as there was no oxygen
  • The contractor and BWSSB’s neglect of not providing them with the oxygen tool is the reason for the death
Bengaluru shame Three die of suffocation inside manhole without oxygen safety tool
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First Published Mar 7, 2017, 8:14 AM IST

 

It is shocking that at night and the death occurred at 12.30 am i.e. midnight. They were not given any safety tools and went inside the 15 feet deep manhole without oxygen. Sadly, the workers who died have not been identified yet.

 

The Baiyyappanahalli police have registered a complaint in this regard and are questioning the contractor who had got the tender for the work.

 

The workers were asked to build a wall from inside for the smooth flowing of the drainage water.

 

 

 

The sources said that first, two labourers went inside the manhole and when there was no oxygen supply, they have cried out for help. Hearing the cries, the driver of the tractor which drove them to the spot also got down to help them but instead was suffocated and all three died inside the manhole. The fire extinguishing department got the information at 1 pm. When the fire personnel came to the spot, there three were already dead and their body was taken out.

It is clear that negligence of BWSSB is the reason for the death of three people who were made to go inside the manhole without oxygen or any safety tools.

 

Awareness and protests have not had any effect on the minds of the officers concerned. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) should take responsibility for the life of the three labourers in CV Raman Nagar.

 

Shockingly, even manual scavenging is very much rampant in the city. Why does the city still have people scavenging manually, without any safety gears or any tools? At a time when people are boasting of Bengaluru of being the silicon city, it is shameful that some people are not even treated like human beings and are made to manually clear the human waste. This is inhuman and cruel.

 

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