Belthangady: One electrocuted after touching live wire, another seriously injured
Belthangady, Jan 20: One person electrocuted and another sustained severe injuries after touching live wire while laying the power cable of a private company at Nada in the taluk on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Kantharaju alias Shrikant (24) of Maddur in Mandya district and the injured is Sheshadri Kumar (25) of Kunigal.
Cable was laying from a private power unit of Neriya to Guruvayanakere. Just beside their working place, a 33KV power line of the Mescom passes through and when the cable laying work was going on behind the Nada government high school, the workers lifted the electric pole by a crane and the pole connected to the live electric wire. One worker was electrocuted and another seriously injured and admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru.
Belthangady police visited the spot and inspected. Mescom official said that did not have information about the private company's work. To disconnect the power, higher officers have to give permission, he said.
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Karnataka govt to spend Rs 2,500 cr to upgrade 500 government schools
Bengaluru, Nov 28: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to upgrade 500 government schools as Karnataka Public Schools at an outlay of Rs 2,500 crore in four years.
For the purpose, the state government would borrow Rs 2,000 crore from the Asian Development Bank and contribute Rs 500 crore.
This project will be taken up from July 2025 to June 2029.
According to the Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, there are 308 Karnataka Public Schools functioning in 204 Taluks of the state.
