In a Tragic Accident, Worker dies after drowning in water chamber


Bhubaneswar: A worker died after drowning in a water chamber while repairing a pipeline at VSS Nagar here on Wednesday. The deceased worker, identified as B Rudra Dora was staying at Ganapati Basti under Nayapalli police limits in the city.

As per reports, while Dora was carrying out some maintenance work of the water supply pipeline of the Public Health Division (PHD) in the area, the concerned department released water in the five-feet-high water chamber. Though the labourer tried to get out of the chamber, his hand got stuck in the pipeline.

Dora died inside the chamber few minutes later. According to police Asphyxiation might be the cause of death. An investigation is underway in the incident.

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