Gurugram, June 12 -- A 50-year-old sanitation worker of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) died after suffocating inside a sewer pipeline while carrying out manual scavenging in Faridabad's Sector 19 on Thursday, said police.
"He was inside the sewer line for inspection and lost consciousness due to suffocation and collapsed inside," said police.
Police said the victim's family alleged that he was not provided any safety equipment such as masks and oxygen cylinder.
Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Faridabad police, said: "He was a regulation employee of MCF. He remained trapped inside the sewer line for 20-25 minutes before other employees reached the spot with masks and pulled him out."htc
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