Vice Chairman of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Dinesh Mohania has announced a financial support of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the five workers who died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning the septic tank at DLF Green Apartments in west Delhi's Moti Nagar area on Sunday.
The victims - Sarfaraz, Pankaj, Raja and Umesh and Vishal - were aged between 22 and 30 years.
Two of them died on the spot; others were declared dead by doctors at a hospital. Police said they have found that the labourers were not provided adequate safety gear and were only given masks.
However, refuting the charges, a senior corporation official said that it is our work to approve the building constructions which fulfill all the required norms.
He further added that maintaining the sewage treatment plant is not the responsibility of the municipal corporations and only the owner of the property is responsible to maintain it.