Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, May 25: An auto-rickshaw fell into a stormwater drain, and the driver died at Abbakka Nagara near Kottara in the city.
The deceased has been identified as Deepak (40).
The stormwater drain was overflowing due to the heavy rains that lashed the city late Friday night. Since no retaining wall was built for the stormwater drain, the water overflowed onto the road. Water was flowing on both the stormwater drain and the road at the same level. The auto-rickshaw driver was driving his vehicle that night and took the vehicle to one side, causing it to fall into the drain.
Negligence by the Mangaluru City Corporation in not building the retaining wall for the stormwater drain is the cause of the mishap in which the auto-rickshaw driver lost his life.