TIRUCHY: The bodies of two contract sanitary workers who died of asphyxiation while clearing a block in the Under Ground Drainage (UGD) at Tiruverumbur on Monday were handed over to the family members on Tuesday after Tiruchy civic administration assured to give compensation of Rs 30 lakh each.

The contract sanitary workers, A Ravi (45), a resident of Pudukkottai and V Prabhu alias Prabakaran (38) of Salem were involved in clearing the block from the UGD at New Muthunagar, Carmel Garden near Thiruverumbur on Monday at around 3.30 pm monitored by Kandasamy, the manager and site in charge Elavarasan of Subbiah Constructions, which was outsourced for the purpose.

When Prabhu, who went into the manhole for cleaning, did not come out, Ravi also climbed down and he too did not come out. Soon,

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