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Yuvraj Mehta, 27, was killed in the early hours of Saturday after his car skidded in dense fog, broke the drain boundary and fell into a deep, waterlogged pit dug for the basement of an under-construction commercial complex in Sector 150

Night of tragedy at Noida Sector 150: For two hours, the techie stood atop his car, crying for help, before he drowned. What happened during this period? The Indian Express breaks it down.

The techie, 27-year-old Yuvraj Mehta, had drowned to death two hours after his car fell into a Noida drain.

A routine drive turned fatal for techie Yuvraj Mehta when his car plunged into a water-filled pit in Noida. Here is a detailed account of how his rescue failed.| India News

According to Additional Commissioner of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar, Rajeev Narayan Mishra, the post-mortem report stated that he died of drowning.| India News

The basement pit, dug for the proposed mall, had been left open for months in a residential area without adequate safety measures

In view of dense fog and severe cold conditions prevailing across Gautam Buddh Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh, the district administration has revised school timings for all classes, officials said on Sunday.

The techie's car reportedly broke through the boundary wall of a roadside drain and plunged into a water-filled basement at the construction site. The two builders, who own the project, have been booked for causing death by negligence, the police said.

The severe conditions may lead authorities in the region to reconsider holding physical classes, particularly for younger students. As for tomorrow, January 19, there is no official confirmation on school closures.

Amid the outrage, the Noida Authority has terminated a junior engineer and issued show-cause notices to other officials associated with traffic and infrastructure work in the area.