Exercise Caution In Rain, Warns BSES After Teacher Dies By Electrocution At New Delhi Railway Station

NEW DELHI: Discom firm BSES has issued an advisory urging folks to keep away from electrical installations and never interact in energy theft and keep away from waterlogging within the space. The advisory from the BSES got here after a 34-year-old instructor, Sakshi Ahuja died of electrocution after unintentionally coming involved with a reside wire on the New Delhi Railway Station complicated on Sunday morning amid rainfall.

A press release issued by BSES mentioned, “If anybody observed any fallen cable, pole or uncovered wiring, they may inform the officers involved by calling on 19123 (south and west Delhi) and 19122 (east and central Delhi). “Caution children from playing near electricity installations, even if they are barricaded, and in parks that are waterlogged.” 

The advisory additional mentioned, “Put off the main switch in case there is waterlogging or leakage in the meter cabin. Put on the main switch only on ensuring that all faults have been rectified properly. Install an Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker (ELCB) to help avoid shocks and mishaps.”

Teacher Dies Of Electrocution At New Delhi Railway Station 

Sakshi Ahuja, a 34-year-old lady died of electrocution after unintentionally coming involved with a reside wire on the New Delhi Railway Station complicated on Sunday morning amid rainfall. The incident has prompted the involved authorities to conduct a security audit of all-electric poles and electrical energy infrastructure to forestall any such incident sooner or later.

The incident came about close to exit gate #1 of the station when Sakshi Ahuja, the sufferer, alongside along with her household was on her solution to board a prepare to Chandigarh, they mentioned. She was along with her father, mom, brother, sister, and two youngsters on the time of the incident. Ahuja, who lived along with her household in Preet Vihar was a instructor in Lovely Public School, Priyadarshani Vihar, Laxmi Nagar, police mentioned.

As per a preliminary enquiry, it was raining and Ahuja was strolling in the direction of the station when she misplaced her stability and grabbed an electrical energy pole to interrupt her fall when she got here involved with some uncovered wires which have been mendacity on the spot, a senior police officer mentioned.

A police group led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Gaikwad reached the spot and rushed Ahuja to the Lady Hardinge Medical College Hospital, the place medical doctors declared her introduced useless, mentioned Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways).

Complaint Alleging Negligence Filed

Ahuja’s sister, Madhvi Chopra, has filed a criticism alleging negligence on the a part of the authorities, she mentioned. A case beneath sections 287 (negligent conduct with respect to equipment) and 304 A (inflicting demise by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code was registered towards unidentified individuals and an investigation has been initiated, Gupta added.

“We have spoken to officers in the Indian Railways, who are enquiring into the matter at their end to determine who was responsible for the negligence,” she mentioned. “Crime team and experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory, Rohini, have inspected the spot,” the DCP added. According to the sufferer’s household, Ahuja was going to Chandigarh through the Vande Bharat Express along with her siblings, dad and mom and youngsters to attend a operate.

The household alleged that she needed to maintain onto the pole because the streets have been waterlogged and slippery because of the rainfall. She collapsed after she acquired an electrical shock from the pole whose wires have been mendacity uncovered on the waterlogged avenue. Sakshi’s father Lokesh Chopra, a resident of Model Town, mentioned that he acquired out of the automobile close to Gate No 1 and was strolling forward in the direction of the station when he immediately heard Madhvi’s scream to assist Sakshi.

“I was completely shaken and froze when I saw Sakshi lying on the road…There was nobody to help us… The children were crying,” he mentioned. The sufferer’s father blamed the authorities for the negligence which claimed the lifetime of his daughter.

“We were not walking on a narrow or shady road. This was the main road outside gate No. 1 of the New Delhi railway station and the pole was right there at the junction. There are at least half a dozen wires exposed there yet none of the authorities did the needful to get these electrical wirings sorted. Plus the streets were waterlogged,” he mentioned.

The sufferer’s household mentioned they have been all completely happy as they have been heading to attend a operate however by no means ever thought that one thing so unlucky and tragic may occur. The household alleged that the incident occurred proper outdoors the railway station however nobody got here to assist them since they feared getting electrocuted too.

“We used wooden sticks to rescue Sakshi but still they could not manage to save her. Even Madhvi suffered a small shock while trying to save her sister, one of the family members said. “The youngsters are inconsolable ever because the incident. They noticed their mom fall unconscious in entrance of them and could not perceive what actually occurred to her,” he mentioned.

The lady is survived by her husband Ankit Ahuja who works as an engineer in a Japanese agency and two minor youngsters, 10-year-old son Raghav, and six-year-old daughter Ananya, her household mentioned.