A labourer was killed and four of his colleagues were injured after they fell into an open drain during repairs in Mumbai's Sewri area on Sunday, a civic official said. The incident occurred in the morning near the Sewri Gadi Bunder locality, he said.
Details of the tragedy
According to the official from the Mumbai fire brigade, a "box drain" was being repaired under the direction of the Storm Water Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at the time.
Five workers, engaged by contractor M/S Acute Design, fell into the drain, he said. Locals rescued all five and rushed them to the civic-run KEM hospital where one of them, identified as Mehboob Ismail (19), was declared dead, he said.
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Of the other labourers, one Salim (25) is in critical condition. The remaining three - Shafakul (22), Korem (35) and Mosalin (30) - are stable, he said, quoting hospital authorities.