India, 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.

The deceased was identified as Joginder Pahalwan who hailed from Aurangabad in Mitrol, Palwal. "Pahalwan was inside the sewer line for inspection and lost consciousness due to suffocation and collapsed inside," said police.

According to the police, residents of Sector-19 had made complains to MCF about the clogged sewer line, following which a team of MCF sanitation workers reached the area.

Police said Pahalwan's family members alleged that he was not provided any safety equipment such as masks and oxygen cyli...