Kanpur: Villagers protested on the Lineman's death in Bitthoor here on Sunday. They raised their voice against the laxity observed in disconnecting power supply at the time of fuse binding. The power supply was not shutdown as was alleged. The lineman was asked to climb the electricity pole. This caused his electrocution. Police pacified the agigated villagers and sent the body for the post-mortem.
According to the reports, Shivshankar aged 26 years, r/o Horha village in Bitthoor was employed as line man on contract basis at Mandhana power sub-station. He was survived by his mother Prema, wife Seema and a four-year daughter Tanvi.
His family members complained that he proceeded to Bhawanipur village for repairing the fuse on Sunday morning. He phoned at the sub-station control room to shut down power supply but it was not effected. As a result he was electrocuted.
Infuriated with the shock of his death the villagers protested at the sub-station by putting the dead body. The relatives made the power deptt employees responsible for his death.
The agitation disrupted power supply in as many as 100 villages for about two hours. The SDO of the sub-station and the police officials pacified villagers.
