Bhubaneswar: Two sanitary workers died while cleaning sewerage at Tankapani Road in Bhubaneswar on Friday.
According to sources, they suffocated to death after inhaling poisonous gases.
Eyewitnesses told police the workers fell sick during cleaning the sewerage. Some people present there took the two to Capital Hospital, but the doctors declared them brought dead.
The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.
More details are awaited.