Lineman succumbs to electric shock in Nizamabad

A lineman suffered an electric shock while repairing a transformer in the suburb of Tadukulu village of the Banswada mandal of the district on Saturday.

According to reports, lineman Dastagiri was repairing a transformer, when



a branch of a tree fell on the mainline and the power started passing through the line, following which he received shock and fell unconscious. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital and later on shifted to  Hyderabad for better treatment.