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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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
