MUMBAI: A man died after falling into an open manhole on Khairani Road in Mumbai’s Sakinaka on Thursday afternoon while civic maintenance work was underway.The incident was reported at around 12.26 pm near Sanman Hotel, close to SJ Studio. According to information received from the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), three contractual maintenance workers had removed the manhole cover to carry out drain maintenance when the man, who was reportedly talking on his mobile phone, accidentally fell into the open manhole.The workers immediately lowered a ladder into the manhole in an attempt to rescue him but recovered only his umbrella and slippers. Officials said the strong flow of water made it difficult to determine the direction in which he had been swept away, prompting a search operation.
