Varanasi: Labourer falls into sewer line, missing

VARANASI: A 20-year-old labourer Nawab, native of Malda in West Bengal, went missing after falling into a manhole of deep sewer line in Lahurabir area under the limits of Chetganj police station on Monday.
The NDRF personnel exercised hard till late evening to rescue him, however, due to high pressure of water inside the sewer line they failed, said inspector Chetganj Paramhans Gupta.Heavy water pumps were being installed by widening the size of manhole to divert the pressure of water, he added.
The officials could not clear the condition of Nawab.
The UP Jal Nigam is carrying out the project of diverting sewage from Shahinala to avoid untreated waste water in river Ganga. The work is in progress between Lahurabir and Piplani Katra area. Nawab along with a team of labourers had entered the sewer line with the help of a rope to fix the diversion wall inside , but the rope broke and he fell down. After failing to rescue him his companions alerted UPJN, police and fire brigade officials. =