Overview
- The incident occurred late Wednesday morning at the Raj Grand Doi building in Powai’s Hiranandani area, opposite Hiranandani Hospital.
- Rescue officials said two contract labourers inside the sewage treatment tank were overcome by toxic fumes during cleaning.
- One worker, an unidentified man aged about 20 to 25, was declared dead at the hospital, while 28-year-old Phulchand Kumar remains in the ICU in critical condition.
- Mumbai Fire Brigade teams, police, the 108 ambulance service and BMC ward staff pulled the men out and rushed them to Hiranandani Hospital.
- Powai Police registered an ADR case and are investigating the contractor, Ultra Tech Pvt. Ltd., as rights bodies note hundreds of such deaths nationally between 2019 and 2023.