A snake put thousands of electricity consumers in Daltonganj town writhed with pain and suffering in this humid summer in Daltonganj. The nights are humid while the days are hot with mercury hovering between 43.4 to 43.8 degrees celsius.
The town Daltonganj went without electricity supply from 8.30 pm on Tuesday night. The power was restored only on June 4 at 11.30 am when the charred remains of the snake were removed. The total shut down of power was all due to a big snake for about 14 hours. This snake had got entwined 132 Kv line of power running between latehar and Sudna Daltonganj.
The entanglement of the snake caused short circuit whenever the electricity officials tried to charge the power supply.The GM electricity Palamu SC Mishra has confirmed this episode. The GM said the snake got charred but its remains were there on the 132 Kv power line and it was foiling all attempts of the power supply charging.The GM had a word of thanks for the villagers who apprised the electricity officials of the snake on power line who swung into action accordingly and saved the situation of power supply.