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Public outrage and protests erupted successful Thodupuzha aft a 27-year-old antheral died erstwhile his motorcycle fell into an under-construction culvert pit connected Monday night.
The victim, Joys Benny, a nonmigratory of Muthalakkodam, fell into the roadside excavation astir 10.45 p.m. connected Monday portion riding towards Thodupuzha. On reaching the operation tract adjacent Muthalakkodam, helium reportedly mislaid power of his motorcycle and crashed into the unguarded pit. Although helium was rushed to a adjacent backstage hospital, helium succumbed to his injuries.
The incidental triggered contiguous choler among section residents, who alleged gross negligence connected the portion of the Public Works Department (PWD). They claimed that repeated demands to implicit the culvert enactment had gone unheeded by the authorities.
On Tuesday, United Democratic Front (UDF) activists, led by territory panchayat subordinate Manoj Kokkatt, staged a six-hour blockade of the PWD adjunct enforcement engineer’s bureau successful Thodupuzha. The protesters demanded the registration of a transgression lawsuit against the officials acrophobic and compensation for the victim’s family. The protestation was called disconnected lone aft PWD authorities assured that the Executive Engineer would inspect the tract and initiate disciplinary action.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) besides organised a protestation march to the PWD office, condemning the department’s alleged lapse.
PWD officials stated that the pit was dug by municipal authorities for drainage clearing, and that they person directed the municipality to screen it.
Joys, who had been moving abroad, was scheduled to instrumentality connected Wednesday. He is survived by his mother, Bindu, and his sister, Anna. His assemblage has been shifted to Thodupuzha Taluk Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
