Days after death of 2 labourers while cleaning sewer in Vadodara, 2 contractors booked

DySP Modi said, “The incident took place on February 13, when two workers, who went inside the sewer line to fix a problem died due to the inhalation of gas inside the sewer… The FIR has been registered at Varnama police station in this serious incident under BNS, Atrocity and Manual Scavenging Acts against the proprietors of the two firms involved in the project. Further investigation and procedure to formally arrest the two accused is underway.”

As per the details of the case, the two workers – Akshay Bhabhor and Vipul Mangrolia – had died after allegedly inhaling toxic gases in the sewer line when they had stepped inside to rectify a defect allegedly without any safety gear or equipment. According to senior police officers, Patel’s company Jayanti Super Construction Private Limited had been awarded the contract by the Vadodara Urban Development for carrying out work of a drainage line on an 18-meter road in Khatamba area, which is part of a Town Planning scheme. However, Patel had allegedly sub-let the contract to Khunt’s Ahmedabad-based Grishwa Infra Project LLP in alleged violation of the work contract awarded by VUDA, which prohibits subletting the work.