VISAKHAPATNAM: Two contract workers died in Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City at Parawada, on the outskirts of the port city, in the wee hours of Monday after inhaling poisonous gases released from the effluent treatment plant.
The youth aged below 22 years were identified as Peddireddy Manikantha and Annamreddy Durga Prasad.
According to sources, the incident took place in the wee hours of Monday.
Both Manikantha and Prasad attended the night shift and were on duty at an intermediary treatment plant, which is linked to the main treatment plant located around two to three kilometers away from the pharma units.
The main treatment plant treats the effluents discharged by around 80 units in Pharma City.
The deceased contract workers, Manikantha and Durga Prasad, were on duty at the intermediary treatment plant, or pumphouse.
At the time of the incident, the duo was checking the levels of the wastage and opened the valve.
They inhaled the gases that leaked from the treatment plant and collapsed. Both were shifted to a hospital, and cops are investigating.
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