Woman dies by electrocution in Naid Kadal; SMC presses dewatering pumps
Srinagar, Jun 22: A woman was electrocuted to death in Old City’s Naid Kadal area on Monday as the heavy rainfall drenched the roads and streets at many places across Srinagar, causing difficult situations for pedestrians and commuters to move amid the flood-like scenario.
A sexagenarian woman, identified as Shameema, wife of Late Ghulam Nabi Makhdoomi, resident of Kalashpora, died due to electrocution after she came into contact with an electric pole while crossing the road at Ranger Stop Naid Kadal.
According to the locals, the woman was walking through the inundated road when she tried to get support from a metal electric pole in the area. “She got electrocuted and died on the spot,” the locals said. Officials said the investigation has been launched.
While several parts of Kashmir witnessed the hailstorm, the heavy rainfall lashed Srinagar this afternoon, bringing down the mercury in the month of June.
The roads and streets at multiple places, including Srinagar Bagh-e-Mehtab, Khanyar, Safa Kadal and adjacent areas of City areas witnessed the flood-like situation as the rainfall caused inundation immediately after the heavy showers were received.
Many of the pedestrians were seen standing under the rooftops of shops and other places, while the commuters were finding it difficult to traverse through the inundated roads, filled with potholes.
The commuters as well as the pedestrians stated that the heavy showers have added to their misery. They appealed to the concerned Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to look into the matter and identify the reasons behind this inundation due to the rainfall that lasted for just one hour.
“Srinagar deserves better roads and drainage systems, but hour-long rains are exposing the condition of the roads as well as the drainage here, which has been leaving the locals to lurch at large,” the commuters said, appealing to the concerned authorities to look into the matter at the earliest.
The officials from SMC said that immediately after receiving the reports, the men and machinery were pressed into service for dewatering these areas.
The officials said that the men and machinery are on their toes and dewatering these areas on a priority basis.
