India, July 16 -- A 28-year-old sanitation worker died on Tuesday evening after entering a sewer line during a cleaning operation being carried out by Noida authority in Gejha village of Sector 93, police said on Wednesday, adding that a case has been lodged against the Authority and contractors.

According to police, the co-workers of the deceased, Shiva (single name), alerted the Phase 2 police station about the incident at around 7.30 pm.

"Police received information that the sewer cleaning work was being carried out near Gejha Chowki, and a labourer who entered the sewer had not emerged for some time. The police, along with the fire brigade team, immediately reached the spot, rescued him, and rushed him to the hospital, where he died...