Dangling wires that can kill

PANCHKULA: It seems true that the authorities get into action only when an untoward incident happens. Almost everyone who goes by the sectors 11 and 15 dividing road in Panchkula gets to see a loose electricity cable, hanging to a low height, but still connected to a working transformer. In case one accidently touches the cable, the consequences would be deadly.This is the place where school buses drop hundred of kids every day, and vehicles ply most of the time. And the electricity department? Who cares! So many complaints but not one was addressed to, rue residents.
Madan Gupta, who lives in Sector 10 of Panchkula, fumed: “This area is the heart of the city. Touching the wire can result in instant death. Authorities have never bothered to fix the flaw.”
Another resident, Vandita Diwan of Sector 12, anxiously said: “I was walking along with my son to the gurdwara on Sunday. Thank God we sighted the wire in time or else, we would have been electrocuted.”
Nalini Chopra, a student of Class VIII, who lives in Sector 15, said in her innocent low-toned voice: “My school bus drops me here and I walk home. I do not why no one hears our repeated complaints.”
When contacted, sub-divisional officer of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited, Himanshu Sheokand, assured of a timely action and said he shall send officials to the spot.