Sanitation workers die in capital

Four sanitation workers were killed due to suffocation while attempting to clean an underground pit meant for rainwater harvesting in the Indian capital New Delhi, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in south Delhi’s Ghitorni area on Saturday. “Yesterday five sanitation workers went down to clean an underground pit in a household but did not come out. They were later pulled out in an unconscious state by fire department personnel,” a police official said. “Apparently it seems they have inhaled some toxic gas inside the tank.”