Srinagar: Noting that deaths due to electrocution and injuries due to electric shocks are ignored as “mere accidents” with safety measures disregarded, The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has ordered constitution of a three- member panel to be headed by Commissioner Secretary PDD to monitor and ensure implementation of statutory safety measures and regulations as enshrined in Central Electricity Authority Regulations, 2010 in letter and spirit.
“It appears that deaths due to electrocution as well as bodily injuries due to electric shocks are ignored as mere accidents, also it appears that safety measures, at all times, related to the installation of electricity infrastructure like installation of transmission lines,
