Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has given a compensation of Rs 13.81 lakh to Jaisi, who was injured after touching the wire of the transmission line
Kathmandu. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to pay Rs 13.81 lakh compensation to Rashmi Jaisi of Surkhet who was seriously injured after touching the wire of the electricity transmission line.
A meeting of NEA’s Board of Directors on Wednesday decided to provide Rs 1,
381,372 as compensation and relief amount to eight-year-old Rashmi Jaisi who was seriously injured after coming in contact with an 11 KV transmission line due to the height of an under-construction bridge at Shreechaur, Kotdhara of Panchapuri Municipality-2 in Surkhet district.
Rashmi, the eight-year-old daughter of Tikaram Jaisi, who lives near the 11 KV transmission line due to the height of the bridge being constructed on the Mahendra Highway in Kotdhara, was seriously injured when she came in contact with the electric wire.
She was completely disabled in the accident and was treated at various hospitals. The cost of treatment was Rs 81,372.
The authority had provided an advance of Rs 3 lakh for the treatment. The Board of Directors has decided to pay the remaining Rs 10,81,372 as per the bylaws of the Nepal Electricity Authority.
According to Anshu Kiran Shahi, a member of the board of directors of the NRA, the remaining Rs 10,
81,372 will be paid to Rashmi Jaisi as compensation and relief after deducting the advance of Rs 300,000 taken for the treatment.
The committee formed as per the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Accident Compensation Regulations, 2067, the recommendation of the Area Police Office, Babiyachaur, the recommendation of Panchapuri Municipality and the decision of the NEA Medical Board (2083÷04÷21) confirmed that the injured were completely mutilated. Similarly, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to provide a compensation of Rs 19.5 million to those injured during the repair of transmission lines. A meeting of the Board of Directors of NEA held on Wednesday evening decided to provide Rs 19,
78,301 as medical compensation and other compensation to those employees injured while working in the workplace.
According to NEA board member Anshu Kiran Shahi, Sher Bahadur Magar aka Sandesh Magar, 25, of Khotang, who works at Ambote of Melamchi Municipality-10, which is the jurisdiction of the Melamchi Distribution Center, was electrocuted while replacing the disc pin of the 15 KV transmission line on March 24, 2005.
He was taken to Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital for treatment. The cost of treatment was Rs 9,78,301.
According to the Nepal Electricity Authority’s Electricity Compensation By-laws, it has been decided to provide a total of Rs 19,
78,301, including Rs 1 million as compensation and Rs 9,78,301 for treatment.
Magar has already taken an advance of Rs 10 lakh. Now the remaining Rs 9,78,301 has been approved to be distributed to the injured through the concerned distribution center as per the bylaws, said member Shahi.
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