Sullia : A MESCOM lineman was electrocuted on Friday at Balpada Pade near Subrahmanya of Kadaba Taluk. The deceased has been identified as Raghu S R (32) a native of Holenarasipura Sigaranahalli in Hassan district. He was deployed as a Powerman in Balpa under the Panja section of MESCOM. It is gathered that an electric […]

Surathkal:   A youth, who climbed onto the roof of a goods train to click a selfie, was electrocuted at Agaramelu near Surathkal railway station on Tuesday evening. Fortunately, he sustained partial burns and was taken to a hospital. The youth has been identified as Salan Paras (21). Konkan railway had electrified the tracks at […]

Uppinangady: A MESCOM employee was electrocuted while repairing a power line in Thekkaru, Uppinangady on Sunday, May 16 The deceased is Vikas (26), a resident of Bijapur. He was working as a lineman for the past 5 years. Vikas is survived by his wife and baby.

Puttur : A person electrocted while he fixing a plug at his newly built house at Udayagiri, Sampya on Thursday January 14. The deceased has been identified as Krishnappa Naik (45), a vehicle mechanic from Parladka. It is said, before the house warming ceremony a Kutti Puja was performed at the new house on the night of January […]

Puttur : A private cabling network employee who had climbed an electric pole for laying BSNL cable, was electrocuted on December 27, Sunday. The deceased is Padmanabha Panaje (44) of Arlapadavu. He was working for a BSNL contact company since the past three yeras. Though he was immediately rushed to the hospital, he breathed his last […]

Kadaba: An elephant was electrocuted at Puthila near Kenjala of Bilinele village forest area in the wee hours of Tuesday. The forest area is situated on Subramanya-Gundya Road and Bilinele and Komabaru Village. The locals noticed this incident Tuesday early morning and informed the forest department. The elephant came in contact with the wire and electrocuted. […]

Manjeshwara : The mother and daughter electrocuted after contact with the live electricity wire that had fallen on the ground at Varkady Bolanthakodi Friday, August 21. The deceased are identified as Vijaya (35) and Ashraya (6). It is said, Ashraya stepped on the electricity wire that was fallen on the ground. As he was writhing in shock, mother Vijaya […]

Karkala : A person lost his life due to electrocution at a soft drink manufacturing factory at Mundli near Karkala on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Santhrabettu Ratnaverma Jain (48). It is learnt, he was electrocuted while stopping the generator at the factory. He collapsed and died on the spot. The deceased was […]

Udupi : Minister for Women and Child Welfare Jayamala, who is also the Udupi district in-charge Minister, on Thursday visited and consoled the families of the two youngsters – Kirtan Puthran and Rakesh Belwad – who were electrocuted when they stepped on a broken power line at Farangikudru, near Kemmannu in the district, on Wednesday. […]

Udupi: A woman and her daughter were electrocuted after they came into contact with a snapped live electric wire in front of their house at Pernankila Gram Panchayat in Gundupade. The deceased have been identified as Jalaja Nayak (80) and her daughter Sumathi (55). The incident occurred in the morning around 6:30am. It is understood […]