Two persons were electrocuted after coming in contact with 11-KV wires during construction of a building at a village in Ganjam district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Sarat Chandra Behera, an employee of theSouthern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Ltd (Southco), who was the owner of the under-constriction house, and Arun Kumar Sabat.
The tragedy took place during centering of the building at Alakapuri under Berhampur tehsil in the afternoon.
Sabat died after an iron rod he was holding came in contact with the electric wires that passed through the roof of the building.
The house owner Behera, who was trying to save Sabat by disconnecting the iron rod from electric wires, too electrocuted on the spot.
The two were immediately rushed to the MKCG Medical College Hospital here, where doctors declared them brought dead.