Nirmal: An Irrigation department employee died on the spot after falling off the flood gates while fixing a leakage at the Kaddam Narayana Reddy irrigation project in Kaddampeddur mandal centre on Saturday.
Police said Baddi Gangadhar (50) had a fatal fall while he was trying to climb atop the flood gate after fixing a leakage. The body was shifted to a mortuary in Khanapur.