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Idukki Collector Dineshan Cheruvattu has submitted a study to the authorities connected the decease of 3 persons aft they entered a discarded dump of a edifice astatine Kattappana connected Tuesday nighttime to cleanable it.
In the report, the Collector is understood to person recommended providing fiscal assistance to the families of the dead.
The constabulary identified the dormant arsenic Tamil Nadu Cumbum residents Michael, alias Selvan, 23, Sundara Pandiyan, 36, and Jayaraman. Michel initially entered the vessel and was trapped inside. Sundara Pandiyan entered the vessel to rescue Michael, portion Jayaraman, who was contracted for the cleaning work, rushed successful to assistance them.
The constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services unit pulled retired the workers from the vessel aft an hour-long effort. Though they were rushed to a hospital, their beingness could not beryllium saved.
The Collector besides directed the Pollution Control Board, caput of Kattappana municipality, and the Joint Director of the Local Self-Government to behaviour an probe into the incident.
The Collector besides recommended an probe into lapses, if any, successful the operation of the discarded tank. He is awaiting a study from the constabulary and further enactment volition beryllium based connected it.
After post-mortem examination, the bodies were handed implicit to relatives connected Monday. As per the preliminary autopsy report, the deaths occurred owed to the inhalation of toxic state from the discarded tank.
Meanwhile, Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine, who is besides successful complaint of the district, sought a study from the Collector connected the incident.
