This news is about Nepal Electricity Authority deciding to provide compensation to an injured child in Surkhet and one of its staff members who got electric shock during work.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to providing total compensation of Rs 13.81 lakh to an eight-year-old girl, Rashmi Jaisi, who got badly injured after touching a high-voltage power line in Surkhet.
The board meeting of NEA held on Wednesday made this decision. Rashmi Jaisi is the daughter of Tikaram Jaisi from Panchapuri Municipality-2, Kotdhara, Surkhet. She accidentally touched an 11 kV transmission line while returning home after taking bath. The wire was close to ground due to the height of an under-construction concrete bridge on Mahendra Highway. She was severely injured and treated in different hospitals, costing Rs 81,372.
Earlier, the authority had already paid an advance of Rs 3 lakh for her medical treatment. According to NEA board member Anshukiran Shahi, the remaining amount of Rs 10,81,372 will now be paid to her. The decision was approved after checking medical bills, police reports, and recommendation from local municipality and NEA medical board decision on 2083/04/21.
Compensation of Rs 19.5 Lakh for Injured Employee
In another decision, NEA also decided to give Rs 19.78 lakh compensation to one of its employees who got injured from electric shock during work. The employee, 25-year-old Sher Bahadur Magar (also known as Sandesh Magar), was injured on 2082 Chaitra 11 while replacing a disk pin on a 15 kV transmission line.
He was working under Melamchi Distribution Center at Melamchi Municipality-10, Ambote. He was treated at Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital, which cost Rs 9,78,301. According to NEA rules, he is getting Rs 10 lakh as compensation and Rs 9,78,301 for treatment costs, making total of Rs 19,78,301. Since he already took Rs 10 lakh advance, he will now receive remaining Rs 9,78,301 through his distribution center.
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