The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) and police over the death of two workers due to asphyxiation in a sewage tank in the CDA area here last year.
The commission has served a notice to the Housing & Urban Development Secretary, CMC Commissioner and Commissionerate Police directing them to submit the report within four weeks.
Meanwhile, Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to submit a status report on the death of the two workers. The next hearing has been scheduled for December 21.
Contractor DK Nayak in his affidavit submitted to the court has stated that he was no longer related to the matter as the contract had ended on March 31, 2021 and it was not renewed further.
However, the CMC Deputy Commissioner and the Barang Additional Tehsildar in a joint report mentioned that Nayak was assigned by the Watco for the sewerage work from April 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021.
The two workers had died of asphyxiation after being trapped in the sewage tank on April 15, 2021.
According to reports, P Shankar of Cuttack city and Bishnu Nayak of Badamba were the victims.