14-yr-old boy among two workers who died in Surat manhole

In a press release, SVNIT Surat mentioned that the work for replacing the damaged drainage line behind Sarabhai Bhavan Hostel at SVNIT Surat was going on since the last few days.

According to police, Shravan Batya had took the contract for maintenance work. On Tuesday, 14-year-old Satyendra Sahoo went inside around 15-feet-deep drainage chamber, while Batya and another worker Kadir Shaikh waited outside. When there was no response from Sahoo, Kadir and Batya went inside to check, and they fell unconscious .

Following this, people at the SVNIT campus alerted the fire department and the authorities concerned.

The staff of Vesu and Khatodara fire stations reached the spot and rescued the trio. They were immediately rushed to New Civil hospital, where Kadir and Sahoo, were declared dead on arrival by doctors, while the condition of Batya is under critical.

Police have lodged a case of accidental death into the incident and have started probe.

“We are waiting for Batya’s to recover and we will take his statements. If we find negligence on anybody’s part we will take strict action,” said an official from Khatodara police station.