Worker rescued

Mahabubnagar: Municipal staff rescued a worker from a drainage channel who was trapped inside at Kamala Nehru colony in Mahabubnagar city on Friday. Venkatesh was hired to remove stones from the drainage channel as the stones were blocking the sewage. He was stuck inside the canal while he was trying to come out after removing stones. He cried for help. Immediately, municipal staff informed about Venkatesh to the Municipal Commissioner. Based on the instructions from the Municipal Commissioner, municipal workers broke the culvert using cement-cutters and rescued Venkatesh. He was inside the culvert for about one hour finding it difficult to breathe with foul smell emanating from the channel.