Express News Service
DEHRADUN: After the death of 16 people due to electrocution caused by a transformer burst in Namami Gange Project in Chamoli, the remaining 11 seriously injured in this tragic accident have been airlifted and taken to AIIMS Rishikesh from Gopeshwar. While six more injured persons were sent till Wednesday night, the other five were sent to AIIMS on Thursday. The condition of four of the injured remains critical.
Traders across the district, including Gopeshwar, Pipalkoti, Joshimath, Karnprayag and Gochar, kept their establishments closed as a mark of respect to the deceased. On Thursday, 11 people were cremated together on the banks of Alaknanda in Chamoli. The five bodies were cremated on Wednesday.
People from every class, region and community came to pay homage to the victims of this tragedy. “Prima facie investigation has closely observed that if a high current had passed through the meter, the meter would have burst, which is completely safe,” Uttarakhand Power Corporation Director (Operations) M L Prasad told this paper.
DEHRADUN: After the death of 16 people due to electrocution caused by a transformer burst in Namami Gange Project in Chamoli, the remaining 11 seriously injured in this tragic accident have been airlifted and taken to AIIMS Rishikesh from Gopeshwar. While six more injured persons were sent till Wednesday night, the other five were sent to AIIMS on Thursday. The condition of four of the injured remains critical.
Traders across the district, including Gopeshwar, Pipalkoti, Joshimath, Karnprayag and Gochar, kept their establishments closed as a mark of respect to the deceased. On Thursday, 11 people were cremated together on the banks of Alaknanda in Chamoli. The five bodies were cremated on Wednesday.
People from every class, region and community came to pay homage to the victims of this tragedy. “Prima facie investigation has closely observed that if a high current had passed through the meter, the meter would have burst, which is completely safe,” Uttarakhand Power Corporation Director (Operations) M L Prasad told this paper.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
