HYDRAA Demotes Supervisors, Seeks Firings After Child Falls Into Open Catch-Pit in Hyderabad

The agency closed its probe, placing fault on four personnel following a day of finger-pointing among city departments.

Overview

A five-year-old slipped into an uncovered catch-pit in Moula Ka Chilla near Yakutpura and was pulled out immediately by her mother.
HYDRAA ordered demotion of two Disaster Response supervisors and asked the Monsoon Emergency Team contractor to dismiss two outsourced workers.
Commissioner A. V. Ranganath accepted responsibility, directed that all covers be secured, warned of stern action for repeats, and shared a hotline (9000113667) for reporting open pits.
GHMC said the pit is its asset and alleged HYDRAA’s desilting crew failed to refit the cover, while HMWSSB said its teams cleaned other nearby manholes but not this one.
Earlier instructions barred opening manholes during the monsoon with the threat of criminal action, and BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao posted CCTV footage criticizing the departmental blame-shift.