Two sanitary workers were killed due to suffocation on Friday while cleaning a gutter and another person needed to be hospitalized. According to details, two sanitary workers were cleaning a sewer in Nishtar Colony. When a third person waiting outside did not hear from them for a long time, he climbed down to check why his colleagues had gone missing. After only several feet, however, he too fell unconscious because of the presence of poisonous gas.
A WASA employee present at the scene informed rescue personnel who rushed to the scene and pulled out the affected persons and shifted them to General Hospital. The deceased, Heera Masih and Danish Masih, were brothers. Amanat Masih, the sanitation worker who fell unconscious, is undergoing treatment.
The WASA managing director has given cheques of Rs 200,000 each to the families of the deceased and also promised employment to one member of each family.
