Recently, in Chennai, a horrific incident took place wherein a middle-aged woman who was going her way home got electrocuted and died on the spot. 35-year-old Alima, a resident of Periyar Nagar in Pulianthope in Chennai, stepped on a live wire that had snapped. She was electrocuted to death on the spot. Alima’s death on Monday was captured on a CCTV camera, and the visuals have sent shockwaves across the city. The video showed Alima walking on a steep platform to avoid motorists and the puddle. She then bends down to pick something up.
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As soon as she got up, she stepped on the snapped wire and collapsed on the spot. Many parts of the city have witnessed water logging due to rains in Chennai since Sunday. The residents of the area say that they had posted multiple grievances to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to repair the snapped wire but no action was taken. A resident stated, “The wire snapped 25 days ago and the electricity was passing through the water. The EB is simply telling us to call other departments. There are 16 members in our apartment and even a small child got an electric shock recently.”
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A former employee of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Nagaswamy told the media, “This is sad news and there is a responsibility to safeguard the people. There are guidelines for laying underground cable wires. If the lines are getting snapped easily, then it means that there was carelessness. A slab should be placed before laying the lines, so there is also a lack of monitoring from the side of contractors.”
