BIJNOR: Three individuals — two manufacturing unit staff and their supervisor — died whereas cleansing an effluent remedy plant (ETP) at Barkatpur’s Uttam Sugar Mill in Bijnor Friday. One other employee was grievously injured whereas attempting to save lots of them.Supervisor Muneshwar Singh, 45, from Kabulpur, together with Kapil Dev, 40, from Tisotra, and Sopal Singh, 49, from Lalpur, had been deployed to scrub the ETP once they fell right into a tank. Prabhat Kumar, jumped in to rescue them, however couldn’t. After struggling, he got here out and raised an alarm.Different staff introduced the 4 males out of the tank and rushed them to a non-public hospital, the place three had been declared useless on arrival. The fourth one is recovering and is steady. Dr Birbal Singh stated preliminary findings recommend the deaths had been resulting from inhalation of toxic gases produced on account of chemical response contained in the tank.Households of the victims arrived on the mill after getting the information and accused the manufacturing unit administration of compromising on security measures and demanded motion.Bijnor SP (metropolis) Sanjeev Vajpayee stated, “The our bodies had been despatched for autopsy, and an investigation is on.
