Chamoli: Fifteen people were killed and several injured as a power transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, an official said on Wednesday.
The victims were reportedly working at the Namami Gange project site.
The injured have been admitted to the district hospital.
Chamoli superintendent of police Parmendra Doval said that the injured have been admitted to the district hospital. Swinging into action, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered an enquiry.
The CM is likely to go the incident site. “The incident is very unfortunate incident. Rescue and relief work is on. The injured are being shifted to AIIMS Rishikesh,” Dhami said.
V Murugesan, Chamoli additional director general of police, said, “We are getting information that at least 15 have been killed, including one police sub-inspector and two home guards.”
Comments are closed.