On Sunday, the three of them were hired to clean an empty petrol tank about 20 feet deep in a fuel station located on the national highway. According to the police, one of the workers slipped into the tank while observing the tank from above. The other two jumped into the tank to save their co-worker but they too got trapped in the tank.
Tragedy struck in Pedda Kondamaari village located in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh as three workers lost their lives due to asphyxiation while cleaning an underground water tank on Friday, May 18. The victims were identified as Muni Raja (30), Ravi (42), and Venkata Ramana (30), all residents of Peddakondamaari village in the Chowdepalli mandal.