BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) on Sunday issued an advisory to ensure a safe and incident-free monsoon season for the consumers.
"Four persons were injured due to lightning in village Kandiyal village under Tehsil Purola of Uttarkashi. One of these persons died," District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.
Subdivisional Magistrate Puran Singh Rana said that the district administration is taking stock of the damages caused by rainfall. Though no casualties has been reported, the district disaster management team has been alerted, he said.
A possible rail accident was averted when a loco pilot of the Kaveri express train stopped the train near Ambur of Thirupathur District of Tamil Nadu after he spotted concrete slab debris on the railway tracks, said authorities.
A woman died due to electrocution on the New Delhi railway station premises on Sunday, said Delhi Police. The body of the woman has been sent to Lady Hardinge Hospital for postmortem, the Police added.
After two goods trains collided at Onda railway station in Bankura, a railway official said that the goods train (BCN) overshot the red signal, didn't stop, and derailed with the BRN maintenance train.