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Mangaluru: Major tragedy averted after crane comes in contact with live high tension wires

  •   Fri, Jan 29 2021 05:12:07 PM

Mohan Kuthar

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)

Mangaluru, Jan 29: The driver of a crane had miraculous escape from death when his crane came in contact with live high tension electricity wires on Thokottu-Melkar road on Friday January 29.

The incident took place when widening of the road was in progress.

The driver of the crane jumped from the crane and had a miraculous escape. A nursing student at the spot escaped from coming in contact with the cable by a whisker. The incident disrupted traffic on the road for some time.

Mescom assistant executive engineer attended to emergency work with the help of linemen risking their lives. Residents of Madani made way for traffic.

There would have been a major disaster if the several lines of cables in which several kilowatt of electricity was passing had snapped on the buses and vehicles on the road.

 

 

 

 

 
  

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  • T.Lobo, Bejai

    Sat, Jan 30 2021

    We should all be grateful to the devine for having mercy and saving lives of our people.

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  • Shedygury pintam, ???????? Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 29 2021

    This is india !it is common !all negligence projects works going in Mangalore.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Fri, Jan 29 2021

    Some places the cables are so lowly laid with huge container trucks passing, which is just a kissing distance away from touching the metal containers & killing innocent people!

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  • John, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Fri, Jan 29 2021

    What an unscientific method in India!!!
    You go to any gulf countries
    You cannot see a single cable in open air
    All are concealed underground
    What is the problem if they put all electric cables underground?
    How many dangers we face?
    Whenever I visit India I afraid to walk on streets of Mangalore
    Roadside everywhere cluster of wires
    Anytime anything can happen!
    There are no circuit breaker.
    In gulf whenever an electric wire touches the ground suddenly it trips and no harm for human life.
    Where as in in India it will trip after human life is lost
    Thank you very much for our indian technology

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Fri, Jan 29 2021

    High voltage cables are so haphazardly connected with substandard equipment that chances of coming in contact with them are very high!

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sat, Jan 30 2021

    John Mangalore /Kuwait,wish you would stop only praising gulf and has no word of your own country.Sure India has many problems.

    Gulf countrys were built up by people of several specialists from other countrys. with lot of money where they can afford.Our infra structure is very bad noone takes any interest from sides of politic.Second people self are also dont care policy. It is a big mess with cables in mangalore .There is no place also to dig for underground.If they start in one side and close next year will dig for another matter.If mangalore MCC takes interest,and MLAs ,anything can be done.Here I just ask what was the operator doing when he was operating or moving?Something else´He knew he should lower his crane arm since cables were there.He should be questioned.In all developed countries too cables are underground ,and checked from time to time.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Fri, Jan 29 2021

    Infrastructure of Mescom is one of the worst/most sloppy, like Bihar!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Jan 29 2021

    I wonder if the crane operator was Drunk ...

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