Notice to Haryana power department for Rewari farmer's death

CHANDIGARH: Taking suo moto notice of reports published in local dailies, Haryana Human Rights Commission served a show cause notice to the managing director of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) for failing to take necessary safety measures which resulted in death of a farmer on July 23 last year in Rewari district .

The farmer Banke Bihari, resident of Gangayacha village had come to civil hospital for treatment. Unable to reach the hospital through the main gate as it was waterlogged, he scaled the wall and on losing balancetouched the elctric transformer, thus dying of elctrocution. The electric transformer was close to the wall and was without any fencing or barbed wire.

Executive officer of MC in his response clarified that no water stagnates on east gate of the hospital which was convenient to be used during rains, while southern gate being on lower side than the road accumulated water. He held Public Health Engineering responsible for draining out the stagnated water. Executive Engineer of Public Health Engineering department explained that the department had installed pumping station to drain out stagnated water within couple of hours of accumulation.

Civil surgeon in his report said that farmer was admitted in the emergency ward but he did not survive.