Heavy rains leave electric wires uprooted, spell trouble
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: With the city experiencing unseasonal rains and thunderstorms, unprotected live electric wires hanging from power poles in streets and roads, particularly in some parts of the city, pose a major hazard to residents. Even after a morning walker and an employee of English and Foreign Languages University was electrocuted while on a morning walk at the GHMC park in Padmaraonagar after coming into contact with a high-tension wire that had fallen on the walking track, the officials concerned appear to be apathetic and indifferent to the issue. Officials from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation could not be reached, but those from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited claimed to have already received complaints and were working to find prompt, long-lasting solutions to the issue. The rain has stopped and the area is dry, but the problem remains and will most likely persist another couple of days," "said Haricharan Goud, a motorist.
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