Three workers died due to suffocation while working inside an under-construction safety tank at Binayi-Triveni rural municipality-7, Raninagar in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East).
The workers who fell unconscious inside the safety tank of the toilet of Bhola Singh Chhetri's under-construction house, died during treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East), Bed Bahadur Poudel informed that Prakash Singh Chhetri, 38, Ganesh Bogati, 19, and Mohammad Raja, 28, of Binayi-Triveni rural municipality-7 were rescued in an unconscious state.
They were taken to Bhairahawa Medical College, Rupandehi for treatment where doctors pronounced them dead.
Two bodies have been kept at Bhim Hospital, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi and one at Prithvi Chandra District Hospital, Nawalparasi (West). Further investigation into the incident is underway.