MeECL staff dies of electrocution in West Garo Hills

From Our Correspondent

From Our Correspondent

TURA, May 26: An MeECL employee lost his life on Monday while repairing electric lines near the Edenbari locality, on the outskirts of Tura in West Garo Hills.

The incident occurred when the lineman, identified as Dalbin Ch Momin, a resident of Megonggre under Edenbari, was atop an electric pole, repairing the lines when the entire line was suddenly made live. He was immediately burnt and died on the spot. His body was seen hanging from the same lines that he was repairing before it was later brought down by authorities.

Surprisingly, despite the death of an employee, who was amongst the top performers and responsible for the strategically important PHE line, no information on what took place and the cause of the accident has been notified by the MeECL.

Calls and messages to MeECL authorities, including the executive engineer, drew no response.