Hero who one time save two children from drowning in Save Lake Three men from toxic sewage.
If all went well, this was it how The world He was going to pay tribute to Satish Singh. But then, things didn’t go well.
late on Tuesday, 38-year- Old Satish, A fitness trainer who It became an electronic cart driver Having lost his job during the lockdown, Died trying in In vain to save two workers And their contractor from the sewage in outer Delhi.
Just a few years ago, he had a family He said, Satish jumped in lake without a second Believed to save lives of Two sons.
Locals said he was driving his e-rickshaw this time in Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar when he heard a voice men shouting for help From inside the sewer. While the others were looking inside and making calls, Satish rushed over to it help.
He saw two guys trying it climb down Sewer and stop them. He said they wouldn’t be able to pull men out Because it’s going to be tiring, said Moinuddin Qureshi, a fruit seller. who He was present at the place.
“Asked them step aside and gone in Himself.”
Satish Ho survived From his wife Neha (35 years old) and their three daughters, Tisha (14 years old), Kritika (8) and Arvi (2). On Wednesday, in their colony Sardar home in Rohini, Satish’s mother and elder The sister and wife said they were still “waiting for to come home”.
“He always believed in Help who can. He was the sole breadwinner of The family. for us mother also stayed with they. The family He’s been through a lot – he’s used to it work at gym But he lost his job during the lockdown. He had to rent a wheelbarrow to feed him family “He was earning between 10,000 and 15,000 rupees a month,” Satish’s sister Sheila said.
On Tuesday, when no longer home on time, we went to search for he and found for him vehicle Paramjit, a friend said, of Satish brother Krishan who there was shop in The area.
“We’ve been waiting for hours for excavators for arrive for Rescue. I begged the police to let me go in They saved him, but they pulled me in back. “
According to the police, the other three victims have been identified as Bacho Singh (54) and Bintu Rao (30), who They were contract workers, Siraj Sahni (54), A private contractor who I hired them to put telecom lines in The area for MTNL. Sahni rushed to the site after being alerted about first Non-attendance of the worker out.
Relatives mourned him house.
MTNL officials have not responded to calls and messages from The Indian Express seeking comment. The locals said work was going on On site for about a month.
“We saw one of downfall of workers first in the sewer. Then the other worker called the contractor for helpand they both went down But they fell into the trap. electronic cart driver also gold in But he never came back. We called the police, but rescue work Started late like excavators took Time to arrive, said Akshay Kumar (55), a local shop owner.
According to the Delhi Police, the local station in- The official and staff “immediately arrived at the site and began to rescue work”. But teams From the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said rescue operations “took time due to of Toxic fumes.
about more Over an hour, officials thought of sending a diver in. big size amount of methane and chlorine fumes built up Inside, they decided against A bigger hole was dug for Exhuming the bodies, a official He said.
Locals and officials watched anxiously machines Drilling holes in the structure of the stone and iron mesh of inspection hatch. Once the hole was about 6 feet wide, the diver was gone in The bodies were spotted floating.
“We arrived with excavators and fire Tenders. We tried to get a rope inside and climb down But the diver could not breathe. We had to dig out aperture and also shut down Electricity. It’s 1-12 a.m., we made enough space for men to enter. The sewers contained an iron grate and men Said one DFS official.
The first body withdrawn out Around 12:30 AM.
After hours, after national The capital woke up up on Wednesday to this gruesome taleThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notifications to the Secretary General of Delhi, and governmentPolice Commissioner and Head of MTNL, for a detailed report on accident within four weeks.
The Committee expressed its “concern that despite the existence of laws and rulings of the Supreme Court” and its “interventions to submit” safety equipment for poor workers people be dying during work in Sewer lines, which is absolutely gratuitous.”
late on Wednesday, the police registered a case against “unknown Persons’ under Section 304A of the International Patent Classification for Causing death by neglect. The post The death was carried out and the report is awaited confirm The cause of death they said.
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