Bhubaneswar: Rejecting the plea of the Odisha government not to pay compensation to the next of the kin of a man who died of electrocution in Bhadrak district in October 2013, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the chief secretary to submit compliance of payment of compensation of Rs one lakh within six weeks.
Jul 19, 2021
Ganjam: A woman was electrocuted after a live wire fell on her at Prayagi Village in Ganjam district under Rambha police limits on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Sujata Sahu. According to sources, the incident occured when Sujata was going to her paddy field and a live wire suddenly fell on her in […]
Jul 17, 2021
Khalikote: In a tragic incident a man and his son died of electrocution in Laxminarayanpur village under Khalilote police limits today evening. The victims have been identified as Mangulu Jena and Narana Jena, a student of class IX. Two others, Govinda Goud and his son Shivram Goud, severely injured in the incident have been shifted […]
Jul 17, 2021
Bargarh: Tension triggered in Pipilipalli village under Sadar police limits here after a student of Pipilipalli Upper Primary school died of electrocution during school hours yesterday. While the kin and local villagers gheraoed the school demanding compensation for the victim’s family, the block education officer took timely action by suspending the headmaster of the school […]
Jul 16, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Holding Hardev Steels factory responsible for the death of a pregnant elephant in Suniamuhan forest, officials of Athagarh forest division on Sunday sealed the steel plant. The post mortem report of the elephant carcass which was found in the area showed that the pachyderm died due to electrocution, officials said. “As the steel plant […]
Jul 08, 2021
Hindol: In a tragic incident, three labourers lost their lives due to electrocution after coming in contact with an 11-KV live wire at Kansara village in Dhenkanal district on Wednesday, police said. The deceased have been identified as Sanu Nayak from Ankula, Sribasta Bhoi and Pitambar Bhoi from Gobardhanpur. According to reports, the victims […]
Jul 06, 2021
Berhampur: With five elephants and a wild boar being electrocuted in the district in a fortnight, forest officials and engineers of power distribution company Southco have decided to jointly raid villages in Ganjam district to track poachers. "We have decided to conduct joint raids in vulnerable pockets of the jungle to crackdown on acts of […]
Jul 05, 2021
Bargarh: Four members of a family were electrocuted and five others suffered severe burns when a snapped supply wire fell on their house at a village in Bargarh district early today, police said. The mishap took place as the distribution wire got snapped from an electric transformer and fell on the iron gate of their […]
Jul 02, 2021
Bhubaneswar/Dhenkanal: In a tragic incident here, two youths died due to electrocution near Shakti Sugars in Dhenkanal district today. The victims, identified as Anju Samal and Achyutananda Nayak, residing at Deulasahi in Dhenkanal town had visited a street nearby, parking their scooter at NH-55. While returning, their scooter came in contact with an 11 KV […]
Jul 02, 2021
Kendrapara: A 35-year-old hotel owner Rabi Narayan Mohanty of Dautpur locality died of electrocution when he came in contact with a live wire in his hotel in Kendrapara town today, the police said. He was rushed to the district government hospital at Kendrapara where doctors declared him brought dead, the police said. He is survived […]
Jun 26, 2021
Bhubaneswar: At least two persons were killed and another person sustained injuries due to electrocution in two separate incidents on Wednesday. Ratnakar Behera and Sarbeswar Mohapatra of Talabadara and Raniaganj village of Bahanaga block of Balasore district fell victim of electrocution as they accidentally touched 11 KB wires while drawing cable. "Both were admitted into […]
Jun 24, 2021
Berhampur: Two elephants were electrocuted on Thursday at Buduli Reserve Forest of Ganjam district. Forest officials said both the elephants came in contact with an 11-KV electric line in Buduli Reserve Forest in Mujagarh range near Bhanjanagar. The carcasses of the tuskers, found by the forest officials, had burn marks caused by high voltage current, […]
Jun 24, 2021
Bhubaneswar: At a time when rising number of elephant deaths due to electrocution in several parts of the state has triggered outrage with the Centre even flagging concerns over the matter, the State government today ordered the discoms (power distribution companies) to disconnect power supply during movement of elephants in designated corridors. Citing that the […]
Jun 18, 2021
Two wild elephants reportedly died in separate incidents due to suspected electrocution in Ganjam and Dhenkanal district last night.
Jun 07, 2021
Sundergarh: Tension erupted at Bonai electric office in the district today morning after local residents of Sanagogua village ransacked the office premises following death of a farmer due to alleged electrocution. According to reports, the farmer identified as Syamaghan Sahu was ploughing his farmland when one of his two bullocks accidentally came in contact with […]
Apr 27, 2021
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