Man tries to move electric pole, gets jolt

Vadodara: A farmer in Chhota Udepur received an electric shock while trying to move a mangled electric pole in his farm on Tuesday morning. The farmer Hasmukh Rathwa, had to plough his field at Koliboriyad village using tractor, but as the electric pole was lying in the middle of his farm, he tried to move it with his hands. The pole had fallen on June 12 due to thunderstorm. As Rathwa touched the electric wire, he suffered a shock and collapsed after a scream. As locals heard Rathwa’s scream they rushed to his help. A woman identified as Leela Rathwa pushed away the live wire using a wooden stick. Rathwa was taken to community health centre at Gadhboriyad village where his condition is stable. Another villager Jagdish Bhil said that after the pole had collapsed, Rathwa had complained to the local office of Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd, but nobody had come to repair it, so Rathwa decided to move it himself. TNN