Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)
Kasargod, Feb 14: Several electric poles broke and fell while demolishing a mosque building through JCB during work on the national highway here.
The front portion of the mosque fell on the electric poles causing them to fall. The incident occurred at Nullipady on the outskirts, on Tuesday, February 14 evening. However a major mishap was averted.
Several electric poles from the new bus stand till Nullipady are broken. The front portion of the mosque fell on electric cables.
Several vehicles were on the move on the road when the incident happened. Besides, hundreds of curious people were watching the work.
The incident occurred at about 6 pm. Traffic between Kasargod and Cherkala was suspended subsequent to it. Fire brigades and KSEB officials reached the spot, vacated the spot and made way for traffic. As more than 10 electric poles broke, there was an electricity breakdown for sometime.