Hyderabad: Syed Omer Raza, the 11-year-old boy of Hashimabad in Bandlaguda who suffered 85 per cent burns on January 20, died on Thursday night at the Osmania General Hospital (OGH).
TSSPDCL south zone assistant director J. Dasarath said, “The boy died as he came into contact with 33 KV cables. 33 KV lines go from the main substation to the 11 KV feeder and from there to the transformer. 11 KV wires go from the transformer to houses and are again stepped down to 220 KV and 110 KV."
“After a thorough investigation we gave compensation to the boy's family. Our department is also saddened by his death. Although it was the child’s fault we still considered the case on humanitarian grounds and requested the department to pay compensation, and also to shift the 33 KV lines. If the residents of that locality cooperate with us work will be speeded up,” the assistant director said.
“The residents of Hashimabad have to be very careful as HT electrical lines are passing very closely to their houses,” Mr Dasarath added.
Mr Ismail, the brother of the deceased said, “We lost our brother, and it's a tragedy for us. He went for evening prayers on January 20 and this incident happened then. From that time we were praying for his recovery but he couldn’t be saved.”
