UP: At least 50 students injured after high-tension wire falls into primary school in Balrampur
At least 50 students were injured when a high-tension wire fell into a primary school in Naya Nagar Vishnupur area in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, PTI reported. Administration officials said the students were out of danger.
The students were at a distance from the wire when it collapsed, District Magistrate Krishna Karunesh said.
The students were hospitalised, Karunesh said. “Twenty-nine children are undergoing treatment at Utraula Community Health Center while 22 are being treated at private hospital,” he added, according to the Hindustan Times.
The magistrate said a contractual linesman has been sacked and another responsible for upkeep of the power lines suspended. Departmental inquiry has been ordered against area junior engineer Priya Darshi Tiwari.
“For a few seconds, we could not understand what was happening almost all children suffered shock after their bare feet came in direct contact with ground,” Richa Singh, a teacher at the school, said. “Somebody from among the teachers screamed that electricity from a high-tension wire has spread.”
She said that when the school called up the power house to disconnect the line, nobody answered. “Someone did pick up the phone 15...
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