Kalahandi NewsNews Two suffer critical burn injuries after coming in contact with 33 KV wire in Kalahandi by Kalahandi Info March 15, 2021 written by Kalahandi Info March 15, 2021 0 comment 653 views Share 0FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsappEmail Kesinga: Two labourers, including a minor one, suffered burn injuries after they accidentally came in contact with a 33 KV electric wire near Podakhamb village under Shirol gram panchayat in Kesinga block of Kalahandi district Sunday.The critically injured labourers, identified as Jitu Majhi (14) and Dekula Majhi (55), are undergoing treatment at Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital. They were engaged at a bridge construction site.After the incident, it came to fore that as many as eight minor labourers are engaged in the bridge construction work.According to a source, the works department is constructing a bridge near Podakhamb village. A water tank was engaged Sunday for spraying water on the recently constructed part of the bridge.In order to find out whether the tank had water or not, Jitu had climbed atop the tank with an iron rod. He put the iron rod into the tank and while taking it out, it touched a 33 KV electric wire stretched from Kesinga to an oil mill. He was thrown off the tank and fell on the ground unconscious. Another labourer Dekula standing near the tank also suffered the shock.Both the critically burnt labourers were rescued and rushed to Kesinga community health centre (CHC) and later shifted to Bhawanipatna DHH as their condition deteriorated.PNN Source: orissapost Share 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsappEmail Kalahandi Info previous post On Kanshi Ram’s Birth Anniversary, Remembering How he Won 1991 Lok Sabha Election from Etawah next post Power supply to Dashapur village resumes from Karuguda grid You may also like 8 held for selling fake HSC question papers in... March 28, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium Organises Blood Donation Camp At Lanjigarh March 27, 2023 Odisha HC acquits man of killing wife after... March 27, 2023 Admissions to Kalahandi med college to start this... March 12, 2023 Meet the man who built Kalahandi Seed Bank March 12, 2023 Release prisoners unable to furnish bond despite bail:... March 10, 2023 Odisha to expand coffee cultivation in six districts March 10, 2023 Elephant found dead in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary March 8, 2023 Vedanta inaugurates Project Panchhi for recruiting 1,000 girls March 7, 2023 “Not Just A Road, But Life Line”: CM... March 5, 2023 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ