Aryan 28 dies after falling into rainwater-filled drain in Sector 58; CPR attempts fail to revive him
While severe rainfall caused damage, waterlogging, and road cave-ins around Noida and Greater Noida, police claimed on Friday that a 28-year-old man died after falling into a roadside drain filled with rainwater while traveling to work in Sector 58 of Noida. Aryan lived in Sector 22, Noida, in the village of Choda. Police said that the event happened on Thursday at around nine in the morning while Aryan was making his way to a factory in Sector 58 in the midst of severe flooding brought on by continuous rain.
He was walking on concrete slabs that had been set on top of a roadside drain, and preliminary inquiry revealed that the road was flooded. One of the slabs was allegedly unstable, causing him to fall down the drain. Aryan was rescued unconscious from the drain by Shivam, his companion, and other people. He did not regain consciousness despite attempts to revive him using CPR. After being taken to the district hospital, the medical staff pronounced him dead.
The incident occurred amid a string of rain-related incidents in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Recent heavy rainfall has caused waterlogging, traffic jams, and damage to public infrastructure in several parts of Noida and Greater Noida.
On Friday morning, a nearly 10-foot-high boundary wall in Noida's Sector 12 collapsed, damaging several vehicles parked alongside. In another incident, a portion of a service road and an adjoining drain caved in at a commercial plot in Sector 73, Noida, during basement excavation following heavy rain.
According to the Noida Authority, Avenue Supermarts Limited was given the site, and the allottee has been sent a show-cause notice. At its own cost, the business has started rebuilding the damaged drain and road. The incident did not result in any injuries. Residents of numerous areas in Greater Noida reported significant waterlogging, and another road collapsed close to a commercial project under construction at Knowledge Park-III.
Concerns regarding car safety and water seepage from the basement ceiling were raised when residents of Eco Village-1 in Greater Noida West reported waterlogging in the basement parking space. Officials of the Noida and Greater Noida authorities inspected the affected locations. Noida Authority said complaints of waterlogging were received from several locations after nearly 20 hours of continuous rainfall on Thursday.
It said teams from all 10 work circles were deployed immediately, with JCB machines, Hyva trucks, Poclain excavators, Super Sucker machines and diesel pump sets pressed into service to clear drains and remove the accumulated water. Generator sets were installed at underpasses to facilitate drainage and restore traffic movement, while pump sets were deployed at 28 low-lying locations to prevent waterlogging. The authority has established a dedicated helpline and a 24-hour Quick Response Team (QRT) for locals to report waterlogging.
Approximately 900 tonnes of municipal rubbish and 400 tonnes of construction and demolition waste are removed every day during the monsoon, according to the report. The chief executive officer of the Greater Noida Authority has warned of severe consequences for carelessness and instructed all officials to stay in the field and ensure prompt correction of waterlogging wherever it is detected.
