Palwal sanitation worker dies after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning sewer

Police officials stated that the family has not filed a complaint and no FIR has been registered in connection with the Palwal sewer death. An inquiry under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita was initiated, based on the statement of the deceased’s father, Bharat Ram, who described the death as accidental. The body had been handed over to the family after autopsy conducted on Tuesday evening.

A 26-year-old sanitation worker from Jaindapur village entered a clogged sewer in Palwal between 10:30 am and 11:00 am without safety gear after being directed by village office bearers to clean the sewer. He was later found unconscious inside the sewer; locals pulled him out and rushed him to a private hospital where he was declared dead. The incident was captured on video by a villager, showing the entry without a safety harness or oxygen cylinder and the rescue attempt.

Two sanitation workers died after entering a deep sewer of the Public Health Engineering Department in Firozpur Jhirka, Nuh, without safety gear. They were rescued after nearly an hour, during which the sewer entrance had to be broken using an earthmover.