. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to provide a total compensation of Rs 1.571 million to a child who was critically injured after touching a wire of 11 KV power transmission line at Ghuseni of Triveni Rural Municipality-2 in Nawalparasi (Susta East).
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Authority approved the amount along with medical expenses, compensation and other expenses.
According to the NEA, the boy was playing on the roof of the building of a mother’s group at Ghuseri of Triveni Rural Municipality-2 in Nawalparasi (Susta East) when he touched the wire of the nearby 11 KV transmission line.
The approved amount will be provided to the victim’s family through the concerned distribution center, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority.
The NRA has been paying the compensation and medical treatment expenses as per the Accident Compensation By-law, 2067 (1) of By-law 11.
According to the NRA’s by-laws, the head of the medical department, the concerned deputy executive director should decide on the compensation of Rs 200,
000 to Rs 500,000, the chief administrative officer of Rs 500,000 to Rs 10 lakh and the board of directors of more than Rs 10 lakh.
Minister for
Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha said that the support has been provided to the victim’s family on the basis of legal provisions and past precedents.
“This amount is not expected to alleviate the pain but will help in the livelihood of the people,” said Minister Shrestha. However, the NEA and civil society should be aware to reduce the increasing number of electrical accidents in recent days. Stating that the data of loss of life and property due to electrical accidents every year is alarming, Minister Shrestha has instructed the NEA to carry out repair of its structures, increase surveillance in risky areas, increase security alertness and intensify public awareness and pre-warning works. He also said that public awareness was imperative to reduce electrical accidents.
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