NEW DELHI
A 40-year-old man has died and three others have been hospitalised in critical condition after they fell unconscious while manually cleaning a sewer in Delhi’s Ashok Vihar Phase II area, the police said.
The incident was reported around 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday near Harihar Apartments, where sewer cleaning work was under way.
“Officers rushed to the spot and took the four men to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. One of them, identified as Arvind, 40, a resident of Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, was declared dead on arrival. The three others – Sonu and Narayana, also from Kasganj, and Naresh, a native of Bihar – were admitted to the intensive care unit,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North West) Bhisham Singh.
A police team later inspected the site and summoned the manager of the construction company that had engaged the four men for manual sewer cleaning. A senior officer told The Hindu they are verifying which civic agency had contracted the work.
A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing death by negligence and endangering life, and under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
Published – September 18, 2025 01:26 am IST
