LUCKNOW, June 5 -- A sanitation worker died while cleaning a sewer line in Chinhat on Friday, raising serious concerns over safety compliance in sewer maintenance work outsourced by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). The incident prompted the civic body to order an investigation into the private agency responsible for the operation.

The accident occurred near the fruit market at Chinhat Tiraha, where four workers were cleaning a sewer line under a project executed by the LMC's civil department through a private contractor. Police identified the deceased as Lalaram, who was working alongside Lalit, Akash Kumar and Rajan, when he entered a sewer chamber and lost consciousness due to the poisonous gases inside.

According to police, c...