Two workers die while laying sewer line in Noida

Two contractual workers, while laying a sewer line, died early on Friday after they allegedly got stuck underground. The bodies of the workers were retrieved after nearly four-hour rescue operation by the deep-diving team of the NDRF. The deceased have been identified as Amit and Salman.

Noida: Two contractual workers died in the early hours Friday after they allegedly got stuck underground while laying a sewer line.

According to sources, the workers, engaged by the Noida Authority via a private contractor for the work in the Salarpur area, had got stuck late Thursday night.

"Police and the Fire Department were alerted and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were also pressed into action," the officials maintained.

The bodies of the workers were retrieved after nearly four-hour rescue operation by the deep-diving team of the NDRF.

"We reached the spot at 3.15 am and began operations at 3.20 am. The first body was recovered at 6.25 am and the second at 7.20 am," Jeetender Yadav, who led the nine-member NDRF team, told media.

The deceased have been identified as Amit and Salman, the officials said.

The Noida Authority has dismissed a contractual junior engineer over the incident and proposed police action against the contractor who was handling the project, an official said.

"The JE has been dismissed and a complaint is being made against the contractor with the police to register an FIR over the lapses that led to the death of the two workers," Noida Authority's Officer on Special Duty Rajesh Kumar Singh said.