Bleeding woman carried down 11 floors after power cut in Pune

PUNE: A blame game has started between residents of a slum rehabilitation authority (SRA) scheme building and the Maharashtra State Electricity Distributor Company Limited (MSEDCL) after a woman – bleeding from a miscarriage in the eighth month of her pregnancy – had to be manually carried down from the eleventh floor of the building on Friday night after the MSEDCL cut off power due to non-payment of bills for several months.

According to residents of the SRA society, the MSEDCL employees kept the power shut even after being informed about the presence of many pregnant women in the building. Whereas MSEDCL employees claim that they turned the electricity back on within 10 to 15 minutes of learning about the bleeding woman having to be carried down manually despite the bills of the society running into Rs6 to 7 lakh.