TGNPDCL to pay Rs 5.76L compensation for man who died of electrocution

The Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (TGCDRC) has upheld the Karimnagar District Consumer Commission’s order, holding Telangana Northern Power Distribution Company (TGNPDCL) responsible for the electrocution death of a 25-year-old man in 2011.

State commission in-charge president Meena Ramanathan dismissed TGNPDCL’s appeal



and directed it to pay Rs 5.76 lakh with six per cent interest from May 9, 2012, along with Rs 5,000 in legal costs to the deceased’s father.

The case involved Nalavula Shankar, who was electrocuted in March 2011 in Upparapalli village, Karimnagar district, after coming in contact with a faulty support wire while washing his hands near an electric pole.