Thane: An employee of StemWater Distribution and Infrastructure Company suffered 50% burns due to an electric shock during the repair of a waterline on Saturday.
The incident occurred in Shahad area in Thane district and the employee, Arjun Awale, 25, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kalyan.
Stem had instituted a 24-hour shutdown on Friday to repair the water supply channel to Kalwa and Bhiwandi. On Saturday Awale went to a pump house in Shahad to restart the water supply and received an electric shock.
Other employees immediately took Awale to a nearby hospital in Kalyan.
“The employee named Arjun Awale suffered 50% burns when he went to the pump house to start the water supply after repair works. All assistance will be provided to him,” Mahesh Bhoye, executive engineer of Stem, said.
