15 electrocuted at Namami Gange project site in Uttarakhand
Chamoli (U'khand) (PTI): Fifteen people were electrocuted and several injured in an accident at a power transformer at a Namami Gange project site on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Chamoli district, an official said on Wednesday.
The dead included three home guards and one policeman, the official said.
Chamoli District Disaster Management Officer NK Joshi said the police had gone to the spot to prepare a report on the electrocution of a person working on the project site late on Tuesday.
At that time, a surge of electricity at the same spot hit the police personnel and the curious onlookers, leading to the deaths and injuries.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) V Murugesan told PTI that 15 people died in the accident and added that an investigation is underway.
The injured have been admitted to the district hospital while some are being taken by helicopter to AIIMS-Rishikesh.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over the loss of lives and said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered.
VIDEO | Ten people were killed and several injured after a power transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said on Wednesday. The injured have been admitted to the district hospital. pic.twitter.com/uJ9Orb4vTG
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Put petty politics aside; it's not about one party, but India: Rahul on TMC's loss in polls
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.
"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.
The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.
