Odia workers’ electrocution death in AP

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the District Collector, Guntur and the Superintendent of Police, Guntur (Urban) over the alleged electrocution death of six migrant workers from Odisha in a prawn hatchery in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.The apex human rights watchdog passed the order on Thursday acting on a petition filed on by activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy. The commission also asked the authorities to conduct an inquiry on the allegations and to take the needful actions, including payment of monetary and other relief to the next of kin of the deceased persons, and to submit ATR within six weeks. Tripathy stated that six people died at a prawn hatchery in Repalle mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district, due to electrocution. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday, July 30. The six persons,  who died , were poor migrant workers hailing from Rayagada and Gajapati districts of Odisha. The negligence of the Electricity department and inaction of the Labour department of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh and failure of factory officials.    

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