Two rickshaw drivers electrocuted in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: In a tragic incident, two rickshaw drivers lost their lives after being electrocuted near Rosario School early Thursday morning.
The victims have been identified as Raju from Puttur and Devaraju from Sakaleshpur. Both were residing in a rented room behind Rosario Church in Pandeshwar.
According to reports, around 4:30 AM, one of the men came out to clean his rickshaw. While washing the vehicle, he came into contact with a live electric wire that had fallen during the rain, resulting in immediate electrocution.
A second rickshaw puller, who witnessed the incident, rushed to help with a gunny bag but was also electrocuted.
Police officials have confirmed the incident and the bodies have been sent to Wenlock Hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
