Villupuram: A three-and-a-half-year-old girl lost her life after falling into a sewage tank at her private school in Vikravandi in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on Friday. According to preliminary investigations by the Vikravandi police, the incident occurred when the LKG student was standing near a damaged sewage tank on the school campus.
The iron cover of the tank unexpectedly broke, and the young girl fell into the tank, leading to her death. Upon receiving information, Vikravandi police quickly arrived at the scene, recovered the child's body and sent it for post-mortem to the Mundiambakkam Government Hospital.
The incident has sparked outrage, and the grieving relatives of the deceased girl have staged a road blockade protest in the area, causing heavy traffic congestion. The police are continuing their investigation into the cause of the accident.
Relatives of the deceased child said, "There is no chance for a person to get down into the sewage tank where the child fell and pick up the child. If the child fell into the sewage tank, it would have been wounded. Also, the person who lifted the child would also have been wounded. We need to know the details about who lifted the child and how they lifted it. There is not enough space for a person to get down in the sewer tank."
Meantime, PMK Founder S Ramadoss, said that the Tamil Nadu government should be held responsible for the death of a child who fell into the sewage tank of a private school.
"Strict action should be taken against the private school management responsible for the death of a three-and-a-half-year-old child," Ramadoss said. He also demanded that the Tamil Nadu government should provide a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the deceased child.
The Tamil Nadu government announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the kin of the deceased.
