Jhunjhunu: Eight workers died and five, including three women, were seriously injured in an electrocution incident during road construction in Chhapoli village in Jhunjhunu district, after an iron pipe attached to a cement mixer machine came into contact with an 11,000-volt overhead power line Monday morning.
8 dead, 5 injured in Jhunjhunu village as cement mixer pipe hits 11,000-volt HT line during road work
Police said the road work was being carried out near a pond in Chhapoli village. As the site falls on forest land, permission for road construction had not been granted by the local authorities. Despite this, villagers were allegedly getting the road built through mutual cooperation and donations.During the road construction work, an iron pipe on top of the cement mixer struck the high-tension line, causing current to pass into the machine and electrocuting workers at the site, police said.
Eight dead by electrocution in Jhunjhunu
District Collector Dr Arun Garg, Superintendent of Police Kavendra Singh Sagar and former minister Rajendra Gudha reached the spot after receiving information about the incident. Officials inspected the site and sought details of the medical condition of the injured.The deceased were identified as Hariram (30), Mangalchand (22), Kaluram (29) and Pawan (23), all four residents of Mandawara, and Surendra alias Suresh (30), Mukesh (27), Fateh Chand (32) and contractor Vishnu (38), all residents of Chhapoli.The injured included Geeta (45), Santra (35), Manju (38), Mahendra (27) and Gigaram (48), all residents of Chhapoli. The injured have been admitted to Udaipurwati hospital, where they are undergoing treatment. UDH minister Jhabar Singh Kharra met the injured in the hospital.
