MANHOLE OR FATALHOLE? What happened? The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been cleaning drains in preparation for the monsoon. For this, the civic body had appointed contractors to thoroughly clean out storm water drains (SWD) and work was going on in full swing across the city. The work is undertaken every year by the BMC to save the city from possible flooding. This year, contractor RPS Mehta was awarded the contract to clean up storm water drains at Kalachowkie. On Thursday, Umakrishnan, Pandian and Anil Londhe, 24, followed the usual procedures, but did not wait long enough. They were asked to enter the drain without any safety equipment like gumboots, hand gloves, masks or oxygen cylinder. The two, Umakrishnan and Pandian, quickly entered the manhole on instruction of the supervisor and this haste proved fatal for them. When they did not return back for quite some time, Londhe was asked to follow suite and he went inside.