Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar 31: Four labourers received serious injuries when an electric pole touched high-tension wire while erecting it in Kalakote area of Rajouri district.
Reports said the incident took place at Sadda village in the evening on Thursday. During the construction of a road the contractor had to remove an electric pole. When the labourers were
erecting metallic pole by holding it, the pole during the process touched the 11 KV high-tension wire resulting in critical injuries to all the four labourers.
The injured labourers were shifted to Community Health Center (CHC) at Kalakote, After the initial treatment all the injured were referred to Associated Hospital Government Medical College Rajouri for specialised treatment.
The injured labourers were identified as Mohd Arshid (18, scalp & hand injuries); Mohd Rashid (50, chest and foot injuries); Yogesh Kumar (24, referred to GMC Jammu for plastic surgery), and Kulbinder Singh (21, scalp, hand, and foot injuries).
All the injured labourers are residents of the Sadda village. Meanwhile, taking cognizance of the incident, the police registered a case and started investigation.
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