LUCKNOW, April 22 -- In an incident highlighting glaring civic negligence, an around six-year-old boy died after falling into an open pit of a sewage treatment plant (STP) that is nearing completion under the Gudamba police station limits on Monday.

The incident took place around 6.30 pm, according to a Lucknow Municipal Corporation press release. The mishap occurred inside a park in Gayatripuram area of Shankarpurwa ward-2 under Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) Zone-7.

Announcing financial aid and shelter for the family, Lucknow Municipal Corporation ordered a probe to prevent such incidents, the press release stated.

The child, son of daily wage labourers from Bihar, slipped while playing with his brother near the 0.5 MLD STP. His...