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Boy drowns in flooded Chetla drain
TNN, Aug 1, 2010, 02.31am IST
KOLKATA: A 15-month-old child died after falling into an open drain at Chetla on Saturday morning.
Debangsi Singh was a resident of a slum in Chetla lock gate area. Around 6 am, the kid slipped out of his shanty. The adjacent road was waterlogged and as the boy walked along it, he fell into an open two-foot drain that was overflowing with rain water and, hence, not visible.
Hours later, when Debangsi's parents Ashok Singh and Tuni noticed he was not at home, they began a frantic search, but could not find him. Some time later, one of their neighbours found the boy's sandal floating near the drain. As locals searched the drain, they found him lying deep down.
They brought the boy out and took him to SSKM Hospital where he was declared dead. Locals alleged that they had been repeatedly requesting the local councillor to have the drain covered but to no avail. "The drain is dangerous as the street mostly remains waterlogged during the monsoon," said Ashok.
Boy drowns in flooded Chetla drain
TNN, Aug 1, 2010, 02.31am IST
KOLKATA: A 15-month-old child died after falling into an open drain at Chetla on Saturday morning.
Debangsi Singh was a resident of a slum in Chetla lock gate area. Around 6 am, the kid slipped out of his shanty. The adjacent road was waterlogged and as the boy walked along it, he fell into an open two-foot drain that was overflowing with rain water and, hence, not visible.
Hours later, when Debangsi's parents Ashok Singh and Tuni noticed he was not at home, they began a frantic search, but could not find him. Some time later, one of their neighbours found the boy's sandal floating near the drain. As locals searched the drain, they found him lying deep down.
They brought the boy out and took him to SSKM Hospital where he was declared dead. Locals alleged that they had been repeatedly requesting the local councillor to have the drain covered but to no avail. "The drain is dangerous as the street mostly remains waterlogged during the monsoon," said Ashok.