Finally, Power Department wakes up to employees’ deaths due to electrocution

Amid rise in deaths due to electrocution, Power Department has woken up to plug the “loopholes” resulting in the accidents. After the recent death of a casual laborer on Eid during maintenance operation, the department faced criticism for laxity resulting in the deaths.

Following the incident, senior officials of the department held a meeting to chalk out the roadmap to ensure safe practices while working on the field. An official said a seven-member committee was formed to devise SOPs for ensuring shutdowns during power restoration and repairs.

“We had SOPs in bits and pieces having number of loopholes which the committee will look into. Our main problem is that much hasn’t been done to make our ground staff follow the SOPs in letter and spirit which should have been the main priority.