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GREATER NOIDA: A 21-year-old sanitation worker died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a sewer without any safety gear in Begumpur village of Surajpur on Thursday, police said.
Around 10.45am, a group of labourers led by Greater Noida Authority contractor Neeraj Bhati reached the spot and started checking the sewer line in Begumpur village, which had been blocked. Krishna Kumar, the victim, was asked to enter a manhole to clean the sewer line.
However, he fainted as soon as he entered the sewer. His fellow labourers informed police and a team arrived at the spot and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.