Electrocution exposes lax infrastructure, negligence in B’luru
Bengaluru: The electrocution of a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby at the busy Hope Farm junction in eastern Bengaluru early on Sunday morning brought to the fore how infrastructural failings and officials’ negligence can prove deadly.
The accident occurred near a low-hanging tree on the footpath on ITPL Main Road, opposite the Arya Hub Mall that houses several stores, and ironically, the Bescom Whitefield subdivision office.
When DH visited the spot on Sunday, charred remains from the accident, presumably the contents of the bag that the victim Soundharya was carrying, were on the footpath.
