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Udupi: Electric shock from grinder, 28-year-old housewife dies

  •   Mon, Aug 08 2016 05:58:03 PM

Daijiworld Media Network-Udupi (HB)

Udupi, Aug 8: A housewife died after she suffered an electric shock from the grinder while she was preparing gravy on the morning of Monday, August 8 in her house at Kumbragodu near Hangarkatte.

Preethi Lewis (28) is the person deceased.

Immediately after she suffered shock, family members rushed Preethi to nearby private hospital. But the doctor on duty declared that she was brought dead.

Preethi is survived by her one and half year old baby and husband Stany Monteiro who is working in Kuwait.

A case has been registered at Brahmavar police station.
  

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  • daniel cadoza, sampige

    Wed, Aug 10 2016

    very sad news. sympathy to husband child & family members..RIP preethi

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  • Henry Lewis, Sastan/Kuwait

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    May her soul rest in peace and the risen lord console her near and dear ones

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  • Af,,, mangalore

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    the death is always behind us,it may be in any form,
    sad incident ,god grant her eternal peace, and condolence to her fmly

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  • Robert Lewis, Handady/Brahmavar

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Very sad and tragic incident. May her soul R.I.P.

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  • PRO - KORWA, MANGALORE

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    VERY SAD AND UNFORTUNATE.
    MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE.

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  • Vincent Praveen Castelino, Pernal / Mumbai

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Very sad and tragic incident.

    May her soul RIP. Heartfelt condolences to her bereaved family and their near and dear one's.

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  • R. Lewis, Mangalore/Bahrain

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Very sad, May her soul rest in peace.

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  • THERESA LOBO, MUKAMAR,SHARJAH

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Very sad incident. May God give strength and courage to her family to bear this loss.May her soul Rest in Peace.

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  • Judith L, mumbai

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Very sad, unfortunate and tragic incident. May Preethi's soul R.I.P. feeling very sorry for the little one, the child has lost a mother who no one can replace. Condolence to the bereaved family.

    Thanks Mr. Edward on valuable information. Also, should note even while cleaning any electrical appliances like fridge grinder fan etc to always unplug/switch of regulator. Be safe always!!Alongwith our children we have to take care of ourselves also since our small children are dependent on us.

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  • RAJ, Udupi/Dubai

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    May her soul rest in peace.

    Blame has to be put equally on contractors and electricians. Especially in villages and small towns local electricians are not qualified. They just argue or wont listen at all and act as they know everything. They compromise on earth pit depth, charcoal to be put etc. JE will only visually inspect. No one will measure and check the ratings. Even if ELCB fuses off electrician will just jumper and leave it.
    Please give house contracts to credible contractors and qualified electricians.
    Rotary and similar clubs, social service organizations to run household safety campaigns.

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  • peter, Brahmavar

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Thanks Edward Monteiro Kulshekar for your valuable advise at this hour to all of us and your thorough knowledge.

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  • Steevan Dias, mumbai

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    May her soul Rest in peace

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  • Cliffy, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Very sad news. Hearty condolences to the family. May her soul rest in peace. Please avoid wet hands and wear dry chappals while operating these kind of machines.

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  • joseph kiran, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    may she rest in peace...it is important to be careful while handling electrical machines...plz don t be negligent..

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  • Dev Kumar, Lonavala Resort

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    To me here looks like a homely lady lost her concentration all of sudden due to a small baby around. Better such works done while baby sleeping.
    Otherwise it wont allow to do so as she is alone at home. What happened is not good. Even while water around chances of getting shock.

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  • Sinead, Dubai / Sasthan

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    RIP ... very sad news

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  • Francis Sequeira, Shankarapura

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. May the Lord give courage to the family.

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  • precilla, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Heartfelt condolence RIP

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  • Syed Hamdan , Bhatkal

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Very sad news,
    condolence

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  • Edward R. Monteiro, Kulshekar, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    RIP Preethi Lewis. Let the almighty console the family.

    Many house holds do not have proper earthing. All appliances has to be run on 3 PIN socket, which has earth terminal connection besides Live supply and Neutral terminals. When the house wiring is done, many of the electrical Contractors to save few rupees for them, the Earth Terminal of the socket, which is the top terminal of the socket will not be connected to the ground and the wire which connects to the ground will be missing there and if there is leakage in the appliance, it will not pass to the grounding of the House earthing which should be 8 ft depth. Many of the contractors either they use 4 ft GI Pipe rather than specified 8ft pipe and run the GI wire instead of copper wire which GI wire gets rusted in the course of time and thus the electrical connection will loose its earthing connection.

    Now there is device called ELCB(Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker) when installed at the premises, would save the life, as when the leakage from the appliance come in contact with the human beings, the power supply gets disconnected immediately and saves life.
    I had installed the same in our house since 26 years, and it had saved my wife's and daughter lives, when my wife came in contact with live wire of the Iron Box and the power supply tripped immediately and their lives were saved. This happened when we were staying in Mysore in a rented house. the present house in Mangalore which 19 years old, is ELCB connected.

    Markets do have substandard ELCB,s which costs around Rs. 600/- But the standard and good quality costs over Rs. 2000/-per piece. If the wiring in the house and the grounding was properly done, it would have saved Preeths life.
    Readers atleast ensure that your house has proper Grounding Connection. The lives are more important than few rupees.

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  • CPK, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Very good info. Edward. Thanks.

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  • Francis, Dubai

    Tue, Aug 09 2016

    Dear Edward,

    Imparting good and enlightening information from you to the readers. Some of the readers must have taken your advise.

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  • Sunil D'Souza , Mumbai / Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Make sure you have ELCB's installed apart from MCB's in your electrical system. This will prevent any such incident.

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  • peter, Brahmavar

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Who can console the child. God please be mercy on this family. We have to take care of our mothers, wives, sisters who are feeding us by providing them more safety in all in operating Electrical equipment and gas cylinders and burners.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, UDUPI/ NEW YORK, USA.

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    A shocking incident. I young lady lost her life due to an electric shock from a grinder. Many the soul of Preethi Lewis rest in eternal peace and condolences to her husband and child. Let God give courage and strength to bare the loss of their loved ones.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    May her Soul rest in peace.Poor Baby ,hardly she knew the mother and lost for ever.Heartfelt sympathy to the Family.I self experienced this time a grinder which got shock to a Family member .The wires of it were hanging and touching each other.That was the mistake of grinder itself,not fixed properly.Thank God it was quickly repaired.Companys should take extra care to have it better fixed,so that even sometimes children may come in contact with it.Unqualified People cant make out.

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  • felix & shanthi d'costa, urwa/Muscat

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Really tragedy, may God give courage to the deceased husband and all family members to overcome this situation, may her soul rest in peace

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  • Edward, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    May her Soul Rest In Peace...

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Sad indeed, may her soul RIP. Heartfelt condolences to her bereaved family.

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  • stan, udupi/dubai

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    No safety standards, no proper earthing are the root cause of such accidents. We build big houses and spend lot of money, but when coming to electricity connections we compromise for just few thousand rupees. People should be made aware of these accidents. May her soul rest in peace.

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  • Dev Kumar, Lonavala Resort

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    What safety standards are looking for. May be grinder purchased in kuwait...made in china.

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  • Mohammed Ilyas Byndoor/Dubai.U.A.E, Byndoor/Dubai.U.A.E

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Very Tragic, Sympathy to husband/Child & Parents.,

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  • PAM Suvarna, Karla

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Very sad news,
    Heartfelt condolence RIP.

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  • Santosh,K, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    Sad incident ,RIP Preethi Lewis

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Nashville

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    May God give Peace & Courage to the family ...

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  • Raviraj Shetty, Mangalore/UAE

    Mon, Aug 08 2016

    RIP Preethi... 

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