Two migrant labourers asphyxiated in effluent tank in Erode district

The duo, identified as Manneer Ansari, 56 and Mandari Pundit, 38, had gone 14 feet into the underground tank sans protective gear. The tank is owned by one Karthikeyan. 

A security guard found them dead. The Fire and Rescue Personnel retrieved the bodies and sent them to Erode Government Hospital for post-mortem. 

Meanwhile, local residents staged a road roko on the busy Erode-Sathyamangalam Road demanding action against the owner of the unit. They withdrew the protest after police held talks with them. Veerappanchatram police have registered a case.