SHILLONG, Feb 24: An amount of Rs 96,72,640 was paid as compensation for electrocution victims in Meghalaya during the last 10 years.
State power minister Abu Taher Mondal said this in a reply to a question tabled in the assembly on Friday.
Highlighting the process of obtaining compensation for electrocution victims, the minister said that on receipt of information of an electrocution, the assistant executive engineer would visit the spot of the accident and undertake the inspection where the incident had occurred and submit a detailed report in the prescribed format to the senior electrical inspector.
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An FIR would be lodged in the nearest police station. The matter would be then reported to the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of the district.
The senior electrical inspector would conduct an inquiry for ascertaining the cause of the electrical accident, prepare the inquiry report and submit the same to the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited along with the recommendations.
The amount of compensation paid is in line with the notification issued by the power department. (NNN)
