Snapped power line in waterlogged area electrocutes mother-child in Rishikesh, engineer suspended

Rishikesh/Deh adu ,
Aug
17
(PTI):
A
woma
ca yi g
he
two-yea -old
daughte
walked
i to
a
wate logged
a ea
of
​​Rishikesh
amid
heavy
ai s,
o ly
to
be
elect ocuted
by
the
live
cu e t
sp eadi g
th ough
it
due
to
a
s apped
powe
li e.

I
a
last
act
of
mothe ly
p otectio ,
the
woma ,
Suma
Jethudi
(32),
sig alled
to
he
12-yea -old
so
to
stay
away
a d
ma aged
to
save
him.

Taki g
se ious
ote
of
the
i cide t
o
Su day
eve i g
i
the
Khad i
G am
Sabha
a ea,
Shambhu
P asad
Bahugu a,
a
Ju io
E gi ee
(JE)
with
the
Utta akha d
Powe
Co po atio
Limited
(UPCL),
was
suspe ded
o
Mo day,
officials
said.

The
woma ‘s
husba d,
Ha pal
Si gh
Jethudi,
lodged
a
complai t
agai st
UPCL
Executive
E gi ee
(EE)
Shakti
P asad,
Sub-Divisio al
E gi ee
(SDE)
Shashika t
Si gh
a d
JE
Bahugu a
i
co ectio
with
the
i cide t.

Police
said
a
case
has
bee
egiste ed
u de
Sectio
106
of
the
Bha atiya
Nyaya
Sa hita,
a d
a
i vestigatio
has
bee
i itiated.

Acco di g
to
the
police,
the
i cide t
occu ed
late
Su day
eve i g
whe
a
low-te sio
(LT)
li e,
s apped
by
ai
a d
st o g
wi ds,
fell
i to
a
wate logged
a ea
o
the
oad.

The
cu e t
sp ead
th ough
the
wate ,
elect ocuti g
Suma
a d
he
daughte ,
S ishti,
whom
she
was
ca yi g
i
he
a ms.
He
12-yea -old
so
was
also
p ese t
but
she
ma aged
to
save
his
life
by
aski g
him
to
stay
away,
officials
said.

Followi g
the
i cide t,
agitated
locals
dema ded
compe satio
fo
the
affected
family
a d
actio
agai st
those
espo sible.

Pushpa
Rawat,
a
local,
a d
the
membe
of
the
Teh i
Ga hwal
Zila
Pa chayat,
has
dema ded
fi a cial
assista ce
of
Rs
1
c o e
fo
the
victim’s
family.

She
stated
that,
p ima
facie,
this
is
a
case
of
depa tme tal
eglige ce.
She
added
that
locals
had
bee
dema di g
the
i stallatio
of
ae ial
bu chi g
cables
fo
the
past
yea ,
a d
had
these
cables
bee
i stalled,
the
accide t
would
ot
have
occu ed.

Taki g
a
se ious
view
of
the
i cide t,
UPCL
Ma agi g
Di ecto
P akash
Cha d a
Dhya i
o de ed
the
suspe sio
of
Ju io
E gi ee
Bahugu a
of
the
Raiwala
elect icity
dist ibutio
subdivisio
with
immediate
effect.

Dhya i
co ve ed
a
eme ge cy
meeti g
i
Deh adu
to
eview
the
matte
a d
o de ed
a
tho ough
i vestigatio
i to
the
causes
of
the
accide t.

A
th ee-membe
i qui y
committee
comp isi g
officials
of
chief
e gi ee
a k
has
bee
co stituted
to
co duct
a
detailed
p obe
a d
has
bee
di ected
to
submit
a
epo t
immediately.

The
UPCL
ma agi g
di ecto
cla ified
that
st ict
actio ,
i
acco da ce
with
the
ules,
would
be
take
agai st
a yo e
fou d
espo sible
du i g
the
i vestigatio .

Followi g
the
accide t,
Dhya i
di ected
officials
to
lau ch
a
special
safety
i spectio
a d
p eve tive
mai te a ce
d ive
fo
powe
li es
a d
othe
elect ical
assets
ac oss
the
state,
u de
which
all
LT
li es
will
u de go
i te sive
sc uti y.

Pote tial
faults
a d
hot
spots
will
be
ide tified
by
i specti g
joi ts,
te mi als,
co ectio s,
a d
othe
c itical
poi ts
usi g
the mal
visio
came as
u de
load
co ditio s.
Special
p io ity
will
be
give
to
wate logged
a eas,
ma kets,
schools,
hospitals,
de sely
populated
zo es,
a d
public
tho oughfa es.

Dhya i
issued
a
ste
wa i g
to
officials
a d
staff
that
a y
eglige ce,
delay,
o
apathy
ega di g
elect ical
safety
would
ot
be
tole ated,
a d
actio
would
be
take
agai st
those
fou d
espo sible.
KSI
SKY
SKY

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