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Hyderabad: The Telangana State Human Rights Commission asked the TG TRANSCO (Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited) to submit a statewide report on the safety of transformers, following the death of a 10-year-old boy due to electrocution at Jadcherla in Mahbubnagar district.
B Shreyan was electrocuted after coming in touch with an unprotected 160 KV roadside transformer. A cow and a dog also died.
Commission chairman, Dr Justice Shameem Akhter, held the electricity transmission company liable for the child’s death and demanded Rs 5 lakh as compensation to his parents.
The human rights commission has ordered to submit a compliance report within 90 days and called for preventive and regular inspection measures.
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