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Thane residents protest after live cable nearly hits girl
Residents of Valley Towers in Thane’s Manpada have launched a protest against MSEDCL after a live high-tension cable snapped on Thursday and fell inches from a 12-year-old girl. Hindustan Times reports the…
The Story in Brief
Residents of Valley Towers in Thane’s Manpada have launched a protest against MSEDCL after a live high-tension cable snapped on Thursday and fell inches from a 12-year-old girl. Hindustan Times reports the overhead line has snapped several times over nine years, dropping live wires into the complex’s walking and parking areas. The 30-year-old complex houses around 400-500 people.
Residents have filed a complaint at Chitalsar police station. They say the collector had directed MSEDCL in a meeting last year to relocate the line, which the utility said would cost Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore, but nothing was done. An MSEDCL official said a proposal for underground shifting was not approved by senior officers. The utility now plans to replace the existing conductor as part of network strengthening.
The Indian Opinion
Stories about power utilities dragging their feet are routine, but this one is especially grim: a live high-tension cable has snapped repeatedly for nine years, and the company still calls shifting it a 'capital-intensive exercise'. Blaming senior officials who did not approve undergrounding, or offering to replace the conductor, avoids the real question. Why does MSEDCL treat a documented death trap as merely a network-strengthening project? The number to watch is how quickly the replacement work actually begins.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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