3 die of asphyxiation while cleaning well at Asifabad

Three persons died of asphyxiation while cleaning a well at Koutala village of Mutyampet mandal on Wednesday.

Raju (26), Srinivas (25) and Mahesh (18) who got into the well to remove the waste were deprived of oxygen due to the release of toxic gases. They fell unconscious and drowned in the well.

The police inspected the area and took the bodies out from the well. A case was registered by the police.

On July 8, 2019, an 18-year-old girl identified as Kavya drowned in a water pit at Perikakondaram village of Shaligowraram mandal of Nalgonda. She was pursuing her second year BSc course.

The girl accidentally slipped into the pit at a cattle-shed while feeding fodder to the cattle.