Mysuru: Following publication of the photo caption news item titled ‘Manhole cleaners keep working despite ban on manual job’ in Star of Mysore dated Apr. 19, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in a press release dated Apr. 20, has clarified that the workers were undertaking de-silting works using a machine, when the rod broke inside the manhole.
The release further said that when a worker tried to look inside the manhole for the rod, his mobile phone which was kept in his shirt pocket fell inside the manhole and the other two workers were helping him to retrieve the mobile phone using his leg by lowering him into the manhole and not for cleaning purpose.
