Cooperating in west Delhi labourers' death probe: JLL
New Delhi, Sep 12 : Management services provider JLL on Wednesday said it is cooperating with the authorities investigating the death of five labourers in west Delhi due to inhalation of toxic gas in a sewer.
An engineer of JLL was arrested on charges of negligence on Monday, a day after five labourers had died in DLF Green Apartments in Moti Nagar area. The company was contracted to provide services in the residential colony where the incident occurred.
The company also said that it had sub-contracted the operations and maintenance of the sewage treatment plant to Unnati Engineering & Contractors.
"We are cooperating with all the relevant authorities and government agencies as they investigate this tragic case and have also launched our own comprehensive incident review," JLL said in a statement.
The company said it is cooperating with the authorities to ensure a thorough investigation and would update further on the matter when more details are available.
Sarfaraz, Pankaj, Raja, Umesh and Vishal were suffocated to death after they entered the sewer in one of the residential towers at Capital Green-DLF.
The Delhi Police said on Monday that the accused engineer, Ajay Chaudhary, did not provide safety equipment to the labourers before asking them to enter the sewerage.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
