On Wednesday, an Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) temporary employee was electrocuted while working on a transformer repair in the Geleki area of Kaziranga.
What happened?
According to sources, the deceased, Pranabjyoti Baruah, had been working for the APDCL in the Geleki area as a temporary employee for the past four years.
In the late evening hours, during a power outage in the Geleki Chariali area, Baruah was working on bridging the transformer when the accident occurred.
The APDCL, on the other hand, claims that victim Baruah collapsed because he failed to notify the control room while working on a transformer at Geleki Chariali.
Meanwhile, residents blamed the power department for the employee’s death.
Earlier incidents
Last year, an Assam Power Distribution Corporation Limited contractual employee died in a mishap. On Wednesday night, Uday Ray (39), a resident of Bongaigaon’s Deuripara locality, fell from an electric post while doing restoration work in the Pahartoli area of Nowapara No. 1 in Bongaigaon. He was admitted to a private Bongaigaon nursing home, where he passed away. His death was mourned by the whole APDCL staff.
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