Transformer blast: Bescom to pay Rs 10-lakh compensation
The state government will conduct an audit to identify dangerous transformers, Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
The announcement came shortly after Chaithanya, a 19-year-old woman who had suffered 50 per cent burns in a transformer blast at Manganahalli, near Jnanabharathi, died. Her father, Shivaraj, 55, died on Wednesday after suffering 70 per cent burns.
The minister also announced that Bescom would pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for the victims. He also promised a probe into the delay in the official response to a complaint on fumes emitting from the transformer and action against those responsible.
