On Wednesday, fifteen people were electrocuted and several got injured at a Namami Gange project site on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.
Uttarakhand Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that seven people had been injured in the incident and were being airlifted to the All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS), Rishikesh. He added that a magisterial inquiry had been ordered.
Rawat said that a security guard named Ganesh Lal, who was on duty at the Namame Ganga sewerage plant site, was first electrocuted around 11:30 am. When locals gathered there, they touched a side railing and were also electrocuted; he added
One police sub-inspector and three home guards were among the dead.
“Extremely painful news has been received of many casualties due to electrocution in Chamoli. Those injured in the accident have been sent to the nearest hospital for treatment. A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into this unfortunate incident. I pray to God for peace to the departed souls and speedy recovery of the injured,” Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said in a tweet.
The Namami Gange project is an integrated conservation scheme that seeks to abate pollution as well as to conserve and rejuvenate the Ganga.
