Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- One person died, and another was critically injured after falling into a municipal sewer manhole while carrying out internal drainage cleaning work in Mumbai's Santacruz (East) area, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) officials said on Monday.

According to the BMC Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the incident was reported at 10:56 AM at Bhavya Niketan housing society located on 8th Golibar Road, opposite VN Desai Hospital.

Preliminary details revealed that the housing society had hired private labourers-who were not BMC staff-to clear the building's internal sewer line. While carrying out the work inside the society's compound wall, the workers allegedly opened a municipal sewer manhole without informing BMC person...