“The death toll in the incident in which three labourers fell into the chamber of an underground sewer in Mumbai’s Malad suburb two days ago rose to three on March 23,” officials said.
Earlier, two persons died after falling into the chamber of a 15 ft deep underground sewer on Thursday evening (March 21). “The third person, who was admitted to a government-run hospital, succumbed to it Saturday morning (March 23),” a fire brigade official said.