The death of prominent gastroenterologist Dr Deepak Amarapurkar in an open manhole in August has got the civic body in damage control mode. The fact-finding committee formed to ascertain the reason for the death and measures to prevent such incidents had made several suggestions for new covers such as a bucket fashioned out of iron rods under the manhole covers and a mesh or grill cover that will help clear the rain water but prevent people from falling into it.

The open manhole in which Dr Deepak Amarapurkar fell into and drowned during the deluge in August