A fire department team rushed the four to civil hospital in unconscious state, where one of them was declared dead, officials said. (Representative Image-Shutterstock)
The four labourers, who were working on a farm plot along Gauravpath Road, fell unconscious after they entered a drainage line, and one of them was declared dead at the civil hospital, in charge chief fire officer Basant Pareek said
One person died of asphyxiation and three others fell unconscious after they entered a drainage line used to draw water for farming in Surat in Gujarat on Monday, a fire department official said.
The four labourers, who were working on a farm plot along Gauravpath Road, fell unconscious after they entered a drainage line, and one of them was declared dead at the civil hospital, in charge chief fire officer Basant Pareek said.
”A labourer entered to clear a blockage in the 20-foot deep line used to draw water to irrigate nearby farm plots and fell unconscious. Three others with him, including a minor girl, entered one after the other to check why he was taking long to come out and they too fell unconscious,” fire officer SD Dhobi said.
A fire department team rushed the four to civil hospital in unconscious state, where one of them was declared dead, officials said.
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