Worker cleaning drain dies after inhaling toxic gas
Times of India | 9 May 2025
12 Kolkata: A civic worker cleaning a drain died from inhaling toxic gas on Thursday morning. Riaz Uddin Molla (18) was working inside a drain between Forshore Road and the tram depot in Shibpur.Two other workers, Habib Molla and Jahir Molla, fell ill while attempting to rescue Riaz and were hospitalised. All three were employees of KMDA.Fire brigade personnel arrived, but other workers had already pulled out the three. They were sent to hospotal, where doctors declared Riaz dead. Riaz was a resident of Charabagan near Dumurjala.The death led to unrest among workers, who raised questions about absence of safety measures.