Andhra Pradesh. Police sources said that the incident occurred when a person landed in Palmanuru mandal to clean the sewer. There he fell unconscious on his knees. Eight other people working with him came down to save him, but they also became unconscious. The sewer had chemical residues.
They said that people of nearby village Morum reached the spot and took out stranded workers. Four of them died on the spot. Three others died during treatment. Police told that after the treatment, an employee was sensitized, whose condition is said to be stable. Another person has been sent to the district headquarter hospital in Chittoor.
State Deputy Chief Minister N. Chinarajappa expressed grief over the incident and talked to Chittoor Superintendent of Police about this. Expressing grief over the incident, Health Minister Kamini Srinivas instructed the health authorities to ensure proper medical care of the employees who were being treated. YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy also expressed grief at the incident. The police has started investigating the incident.
