Residents said modifications were made to the structure over the years Thane: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death, while his mother and his nine-year-old brother sustained head injuries after a portion of their nearly 30-year-old one-storey tenement collapsed on them in a chawl in Thane’s Azad Nagar on Friday.The mother, Urmila Jaiswar (35), and…
Pune: An 18-year-old farmer from Shirur taluka was electrocuted on Wednesday evening, trying to pump water for his cattle on the farm.The incident happened at Savindane village in Shirur taluka, about 60 km from Pune around 7.30 pm. The Pune Rural police have identified the deceased farmer as Ganesh Bhor. An officer said, “It was…
Nagpur: A seven-day delay in initiating action against the Gujarat-based contractor held responsible for a woman’s electrocution in Auliya Nagar has drawn sharp criticism from the Opposition in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).Leader of Opposition and local corporator Sanjay Mahakalkar alleged that the contractor was being shielded by NMC brass despite a departmental inquiry blaming…
Nagpur: Following a week of sustained reporting by TOI since July 2, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday initiated its first punitive action in the electrocution death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan by slapping a Rs 5-lakh penalty on Gujarat-based M/s Das Infrastructure Pvt Ltd — the contractor accused of damaging an underground…
Nagpur: Following a week of sustained reporting by TOI since July 2, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday initiated its first punitive action in the electrocution death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan by slapping a Rs 5-lakh penalty on Gujarat-based M/s Das Infrastructure Pvt Ltd — the contractor accused of damaging an underground…
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) electrical department’s report has left the ‘heart attack’ theory in tatters and left three departments — NMC, Nagpur police, and GMCH forensics — red-faced as their attempt to shield a Gujarat-based contractor stands exposed in the death of a 60-year-old woman, Afroz Begum, who fell in an electrified water-filled…
Live cable at Auliya Nagar where woman was electrocuted Nagpur: A video that surfaced after the death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan has raised serious questions over police claim that she died of a heart attack, with fresh evidence pointing towards electrocution by a damaged live cable. Adding weight to the electrocution theory, a…
Nagpur: Two recent fatalities have laid bare the authorities’ contrasting response depending on whether responsibility appears to lie with a private party or a govt agency. While a fatal wall collapse at a private building triggered swift action by the civic body and local MLA, no comparable action has followed the electrocution of a 60-year-old…
Nagpur: More than 72 hours after a 60-year-old woman, Afroz Begum Azim Khan, was electrocuted after stepping into a live cable in a water-filled ditch at Auliyanagar near Taj Bagh on Wednesday night, Sakkardara police failed to follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in an electrocution death for fixing accountability before registering an offence. “The…
Nagpur: While Mumbai’s civic administration suspended four officials within 24 hours of a fatal civic lapse, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is yet to fix responsibility or initiate action against any official or contractor more than 48 hours after a 60-year-old woman was electrocuted in a rainwater puddle allegedly charged by a damaged underground streetlight…
