India, Oct. 30 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday blacklisted a contractor, barring him from undertaking future civic works across all departments following the death of a 69-year-old man who fell into an open trench dug for a drainage line near Chitra theatre on October 17.

The action was taken against Shubham Ashok Khatode, who was executing sewer line work under a civic contract. Khatode had been awarded the contract to replace old, deteriorated and undersized sewer lines with pipelines of larger diameter under the Kalyani Nagar Sewerage District (SD-12) master plan.

The project covers several stretches including Devkar Chowk to Rajiv Gandhi Nagar and the Air Force compound wall; CCD Chowk to Konark Nagar; and areas ...