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  • Day after death of 16 in Chamoli, 5 injured moved to AIIMS-Rishikesh

    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’); });

  • Female wild elephant dies of electrocution in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum

    By PTI

    CHAIBASA: A full-grown female elephant died of electrocution after it came in contact with a high-tension live wire in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a forest official said on Sunday.

    The local villagers spotted the body of the wild elephant early on Sunday morning near Hesadeepa forest and informed the forest department, the official said.

    The pachyderm would be buried on the spot after post-mortem, official said.

    The wild elephant was moving near the forest when it came in contact with the live wire hanging loose, the forest department official said.

    “We have taken up the issue with the electric department to rectify such loose wires but nothing was done as yet,” the official said while describing the incident as “unfortunate”.

    Earlier, a full grown wild male tusker had been electrocuted after it came in contact with a loose high-tension live wire near Bhatin village, about 35 km from Jamshedpur, in East Singhbhum district on December 13.

    CHAIBASA: A full-grown female elephant died of electrocution after it came in contact with a high-tension live wire in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a forest official said on Sunday.

    The local villagers spotted the body of the wild elephant early on Sunday morning near Hesadeepa forest and informed the forest department, the official said.

    The pachyderm would be buried on the spot after post-mortem, official said.

    The wild elephant was moving near the forest when it came in contact with the live wire hanging loose, the forest department official said.

    “We have taken up the issue with the electric department to rectify such loose wires but nothing was done as yet,” the official said while describing the incident as “unfortunate”.

    Earlier, a full grown wild male tusker had been electrocuted after it came in contact with a loose high-tension live wire near Bhatin village, about 35 km from Jamshedpur, in East Singhbhum district on December 13.