Man swept away after falling into overflowing drain
Despite hours of rescue operations by NDRF, SDRF, and Suez India teams, the man could not be traced till late evening. The incident took place around 7am when Suresh, a father of three who runs a paan shop, was heading to work. His wife, Renu, said he slipped on a broken slab covering the drain and was quickly swept away by the gushing rainwater.
Locals claimed that they alerted the authorities immediately, but the police arrived nearly two hours after the incident, and the municipal corporation team showed up after three hours.
Residents blocked the road in protest, demanding immediate action and accountability. Suresh's wife said the family had complained twice about the broken slab earlier, but no repairs were made. "We paid from our own pocket to construct a part of the drain in front of our house," she said.
Chief engineer Mahesh Chandra Verma said that teams of LMC, SDRF, and police were deployed as soon as the authorities came to know about the incident.
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SDRF commandant Satish Kumar said that a 15-member team was deployed to assist in rescue operation. "The operation is ongoing for over 12 hours, but unfortunately, the man is still missing," he said.
Kumar added that SDRF unit was leading deep-tracing and access operations in narrower and risk-prone sections of the drain.
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