New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The NHRC on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi government and the citys police chief over death of four men after they got trapped inside a sewer in northwest Delhis Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar area in RohiniIssuing the notice the commission expressed concern that despite there being laws Supreme Court judgments and its own interventions to provide safety equipment to such workers poor people are dying while working in sewer lines which is completely unwarrantedThe National Human Rights Commission NHRC in a statement said it has taken suo-motu cognisance of media reports that four persons died in a sewage line in Rohini area of DelhiReportedly they were trapped on March 29 2022 and efforts were on to pull them out safe However today morning only their dead bodies could be recovered The victims included three line workers of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited MTNL and the fourth an auto-rickshaw driver who had gone inside the sewage line to rescue them it saidThe commission has issued notices to the Delhi chief secretary commissioner of Police and the chairman of the MTNL seeking a detailed report within four weeks including action against the responsible officers and relief or rehabilitation provided to the next of kin of the deceasedAccording to media reports the workers were contractual staff of MTNL and were carrying out line work when they fell into the sewer line at Main Bawana Road They were not wearing any protective gear it saidFour men who were trapped inside a sewer in northwest Delhis Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar area have died and their bodies were pulled out early Wednesday morning following an overnight rescue operation officials saidOf the four three men were private contractual employees who were working on MTNL lines at the time of the incident on Tuesday afternoon police saidThe fourth is a rickshaw puller who had tried to save the three workers but also got trapped in the sewerThe rescue operation started after the Samaypur Badli police station got information about the incident around 630 pm on TuesdayApart from the police fire department officials and a team of the National Disaster Response Force were also part of the rescue effort PTI KND ANB ANB