Chamarajnagar: Two labourers electrocuted
Chamarajnagar, August 30: Two labourers who were transplanting at a paddy field were electrocuted when the power passed in the field through snapped wire, at Hosa Malangi village in Kollegala taluk on Thursday.
The victims were identified as Mahadevaswamy (25) and Naveen (20) of the village. They were working in the paddy field belonging to Revanna Swamy of the same village. It is said that the electric wire was snapped from the electric pole at the paddy field and while connecting the cable to the pole, the electricity passed through the wet soil and both of them died on the spot. Another labourer Lokesh sustained burn injuries in the incident and he was admitted to Kollegala government hospital. Kollegala rural police registered a case.
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15 IAS officers transferred in Haryana
Chandigarh (PTI): The Haryana government transferred 15 IAS officers with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Among those who have been transferred are Vineet Garg, Chairman, Haryana State Pollution Control Board. He has been posted as the additional chief secretary to the government's printing and stationery department, relieving Raja Shekhar Vundru of the charge, a government order said.
Ajay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, has been transferred and posted as the deputy principal secretary-II to the chief minister against a newly-created post.
Pankaj Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, has been posted as the principal secretary in the architecture department, relieving Apporva Kumar Singh of the charge.
Saket Kumar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner and Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, has been transferred and posted as the commissioner and secretary in the archives department, relieving Shekhar Vidyarthi of the charge.
Mani Ram Sharma, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has been posted as the secretary in the health department, relieving Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of the charge.
