The electricity department had to pay the penalty
In Bihar’s Motihari, the news of the wife’s victory over those responsible for her husband’s death has come to light. It is said that the hands are very long. After a three-year long battle, the Motihari District Consumer Commission has decided to give consumers their due rights. This decision is against North Bihar Power Distribution Limited. In fact. A man running a flour mill died after accidentally coming in contact with an electric wire, after which his wife filed a case against the electricity company in a consumer forum. The battle lasted for almost 3 years, with the commission finding deficiencies in the service of North Bihar Power Distribution Limited and imposing a fine of Rs 19 lakh 47000.
Also as compensation to the wife of the deceased Rs. Two lakh forty thousand seven hundred and fifty two months to be paid and in the name of seven dependent boys and girls of the deceased Rs. 16,99,250 has been instructed to be deposited. The panel has given this decision as the case of Upendra of village Hasuha is correct.
Death due to negligence of power company
Wife Lawangi Devi’s husband Upendra Mukhia used to install an electric flour mill machine, which he used to run himself to sustain his family. When the electricity supply was cut off, he used to grind wheat by running a flour mill on diesel. On September 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM, a connection wire of an electric flour mill fell on a pole due to fire and fell to the ground. Current was still flowing from the fallen wire. Upendra informed the junior engineer of the power company about this. The employee of the power company also assured the repair but the wire was not repaired.
After this, on 16 September, when Upendra Mukhia was leaving his flour mill home at 10:00 pm after grinding flour with a diesel engine, his leg got caught in a broken electric wire, resulting in his death. to a flowing stream. Doctors declared Upendra Mukhia brought dead after taking him to the hospital. After this, his wife filed a case before the commission, in which the junior engineer of the opposition power company was also summoned to the court while giving the decision.
He also presented his arguments on behalf of the power company, but after hearing the arguments, the panel members rejected the power company’s claims outright. He said that it was the fault of the power company, which had repaired the power line on time, Upendra Mukhia might not have lost his life. This is the first such case in the district where the commission has ordered the power company to pay such a huge amount. Along with this, people’s confidence in the commission is increasing.
