<p>A <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-11-year-old-boy-injured-as-part-of-balcony-collapses-in-kemps-corner-23366709" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">labourer died</a> while cleaning a manhole in Borivali West on Thursday evening. The BMC claimed that the manhole had been opened for cleaning by a private individual.</p>
<p>According to information provided by the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-wakes-up-after-a-slab-from-andheri-flyover-collapses-23365403" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">BMC's disaster management unit</a>, the incident was reported around 4.30 pm, opposite Gokhale School on Simpoli Road.</p>
<p>A BMC official said, "A person fell into a manhole while cleaning was being carried out by contractual staff. The manhole is part of the BMC sewerage line, but a private restaurant owner had forcefully opened it for cleaning by private contractual labourers. During the cleaning, one labourer fell into the manhole."</p>
<p>He was admitted to the civic-run Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Kandivali, where Sunil Siddharth Wakode, 35, was declared dead.</p>
<p>More details awaited.</p><p>
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A labourer died while cleaning a manhole in Borivali West on Thursday evening. The BMC claimed that the manhole had been opened for cleaning

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According to information provided by the BMC's disaster management unit, the incident was reported around 4.30 pm, opposite Gokhale School on Simpoli Road

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