5 died due to current, villagers demanded compensation of 50 lakhs

Bemetara. In Bemetara district, a woman who went to work in the field died due to electrocution. It is being told that the electric wire in the field was bent, due to which the woman got electrocuted. The accident is of Nawagarh police station area. According to the information received, the electric wire was bent in the field of village Padkidih. The villagers had complained about this to the electricity department.

But the electricity department did not take any action and the woman who went to work in the field on Friday became a victim of the accident. The villagers did a blockade, while the angry villagers blocked the Bemetara-Navagarh main road. The villagers have demanded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh. Let us tell you that former minister Dayaldas is present at the protest site along with his supporters.

At the same time, four cattle died after coming under the grip of live wire in Godi village of Korba. Actually, the hunters had laid electric wire in the forest to hunt the animals. Carcasses of four cattle have been recovered near the wire. Presently the forest staff is probing the matter.