local villagers and BJP supporters blocked the road between Gomia and Kathara more for more than three hours on Saturday following the death of a 60 year old woman Dasmi Devi and a cow due to electrocution near Swang DAV public school at Gomia block in Bokaro district. The blockade was finally lifted late in the afternoon after the intervention of the Bermo civil SDO Rahul Kumar Sinha.
According to details available from the Gomia police, the tragedy took place when the old woman came into contact with the 11KV high tension wire which had fallen from the pole and was hanging on the road near school campus. She died on the spot.
later ,the police officials informed the electricity department to cut the power supply on that line do the body could be removed. later body was sent for postmortem.
Villagers and BJP supporters later took the body to the village and blocked the traffic movement on Gomia -Kathara road and demanding compensation .long queues of trucks and small vehicles were noticed on the road.
The blockade could be lifted only after Bermo SDO, Gomia BDO, Rahul Kumar Sinha and Vandana Shejwalkar reached the spot and handed over ex-gratia Rs 20 ,000 to the dependents of decedent . BJP ,activists alleged that the information regarding the fallen electric wire was given to the department well before the accident took place ,They demanded strict action the junior engineer of the area.