Civic authorities’ failure in controlling unauthorised cable installations and extensions from power networks, substandard internal wiring, and loose wires are among the reasons behind deaths from electrocution during monsoon

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Incidents of deaths due to electrocution have risen over the years during monsoon largely due to unplanned digging for road repairs or laying of cables and pipeline

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On Wednesday morning, three men died of electrocution after an iron trolley that they were using to trim leaves of trees at a farm house in outer Delhi came in contact with a high tension wire, according to police

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Some might call them ‘accidental’, but deaths by electrocution are definitely more than ‘unfortunate’ accidents. They are the outcome of sheer apathy of civic authorities Like any other evening, the 13-year-old boy was playing football with his friends in the community park when he sat near a high-mast light in the middle of the playground. […]

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