Noida authority chief government officer Lokesh M suspended assistant engineer Vipin Kumar Singh and issued summons to 2 different officers on Monday, after a 24-year-old man was killed while six others have been severely injured while installing streetlights in Noida on Sunday.
“At first look, it seems that the incident occurred attributable to negligence. Throughout the investigation, an official was discovered responsible and has been suspended with fast impact,” stated CEO Lokesh M, including, “Senior supervisor (circle 2) Ajay Kumar and DGM Rajesh Kumar have been issued a present trigger discover, failing which additional authorized motion might be initiated.”
The deceased man was recognized as Dilkash Raja, 24, a resident of Bihar who labored as a contractual employee in Noida. He’s survived by his spouse and three youngsters. The personal firm for Raja labored has given a compensation of ₹9 lakh to his household.
In keeping with law enforcement officials related to the case, Raja and six different staff of the ability division have been installing streetlights on the highway reverse ESIC hospital in Sector 24 at 7pm. The incident occurred when the 20-foot-tall streetlight pole they have been installing got here in contact with an overhead high-tension 11,000-volt cable. While Raja died on the spot, six different staff sustained burn accidents and are present process therapy at a close-by hospital, law enforcement officials stated.
Amit Kumar, station home officer of the Sector 24 police station, stated, “The tragic incident occurred as a result of the work was being accomplished with out shutting down the primary line.”
Vikrant Kumar, sub-divisional officer (SDO 2), Noida, stated, “Permission of shutdown was not sought from the ability division. An inquiry in the case has begun.”
In keeping with the police, a case has been registered in opposition to the contractors. “Based mostly on the grievance submitted by the deceased man’s brother, a primary info report has been registered in opposition to the involved contractors beneath numerous Indian Penal Code sections, together with 304 (punishment for culpable murder not amounting to homicide) and 338 (inflicting grievous by act endangering life or private security of others),” added the SHO.
The incident additionally resulted in an influence outage in the realm, which was restored someday later.