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New Delhi, September 12: The Delhi High Court took Suo moto cognizance on Monday based on media reports that two people died last week after allegedly inhaling toxic gases inside a sewer in the outer Delhi area.
The HC issued a notice to the municipal corporation, the Government of NCT Delhi, and others. The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad ordered on Monday to register public interest litigation (PIL) on the case.
According to the police, "the bench decided to take Suo Moto cognizance of media reports published stating a sweeper and a security guard died on Friday in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer they had gone down to clean."
The bench also appointed senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao as the amicus curiae to assist the court in the matter and scheduled the matter for hearing on September 21, 2022.
Last week, one cleaner and one guard died in the Bakarwala district of outer Delhi from suffocation and toxic gases in the sewer.
The deceased were identified as Ashok Kumar and Rohit, whose bodies have been fished out of the sewer with the help of the fire brigade.
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Ashok worked as a guard in the DDA society, while Rohit was assigned to clean the society's sewage.
According to authorities, something got stuck in the sewer line inside the society, for which Rohit, who worked as a sweeper, went inside.
When Rohit did not come out, Ashok went inside to see him. The matter was reported to the police after Ashok and Rohit did not come out for a long time.
Police called JCB, fire brigade, and road cutter and pulled both of them out of the sewer and rushed them to the hospital. However, the doctor declared them dead.
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