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Electrified fence kills 15 in Uttarakhand, 7 hurt

Electricity passed through a metal railing of sewage treatment plant, causing casualties, say officials

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An injured being airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh, in Chamoli district, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

An injured being airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh, in Chamoli district, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

Fifteen people were electrocuted and seven injured on Wednesday at a sewage treatment plant of the Namami Gange project on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, police said.

Superintendent of Police (Chamoli) Pramendra Dobhal said the police went to the spot to prepare a report on the electrocution late on Tuesday of a person working on the project site.

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