Health & Environment
Eight Labourers Electrocuted During Road Construction in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu
The Indian Express2h
THE BRIEF
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Eight labourers died and five others were injured when the hydraulic jack of a cement mixer machine came in contact with an overhead high-tension power line in Chapoli village on Monday morning.
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Villagers had privately started constructing the road without required forest permissions because local guards were occupied with panchayat election duties.
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The state government offers Rs 5 lakh for electrocution deaths, augmented by Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's Office and Rs 5 lakh under the PM Ayushman Arogya Yojana, totalling Rs 12 lakh per victim.