Gurgaon: Two female workers who worked in a house under construction in the village of Bhora Kalan Bilalaspur was finished after they came into contact with low lying power channels (HT) on Thursday.
Police said women had been identified as Sandhya Devi (24) and Sandhya Rani (34).
Both of them came from Madhya Pradesh and had migrated to Gurgaon with their families a few years ago.
They have lived in rented accommodation in Bhora Kalan for the past four years and worked as a daily bet at the construction site.
On Thursday, women worked on the roof of two-story houses being built.
They did not realize that HT wire was hung low near the roof of life.
While carrying construction materials, one of them touched the wire and shocked.
The others tried to pull it away from him.
Because of the high voltage, both of them die in place.
Other workers on the site pay attention to them and lift alarms.
The women were expelled from the wire only after Dakshin Haryana Bijli Nigam Vitran (DHBVN) received a call from the nearest population and the power supply was cut off.
Bharat Singh, the husband of one of the victims, said he worked at the same construction site and they had asked homeowners several times to remove the electrical cable that had a low hanging from the roof.
Singh explained the outer wall of the building while his wife brought construction material when the incident occurred.
“Because of the recent rain, floating materials and wet construction.
My wife and co-worker come into contact with wire and shocked,” Singh said.
He added that the locals took them to the hospital, but the doctor stated they died.
Based on his complaint, a FIR has been registered with a homeowner for negligence under Section 304a (death in an accident) IPC at the Bilalaspur Police Station.
Police said there was no arrest that had been made so far.
A villager said the high voltage wire passed around 15 houses in the village, pose a threat to the life of the population.
“We have raised this problem with several authorities, including DHBVN, civil bodies and even local politicians, but nothing is done to date.
Now, has taken the lives of two people,” he said.
Inspector Naveen Kumar, Station House Officer (Sho) from the Bilalaspur police station, said they recorded the statements of the people who were present at the time of the incident, as well as the villagers.
“We have also written to DHBVN to move cables to avoid such incidents,” Sho said.