New Delhi, Nov 2 President Droupadi Murmu on Monday condoled the loss of lives of eight labourers due to electrocution in Rajasthan and said the incident was extremely saddening.
The labourers were electrocuted when a machine being used during road construction work came into contact with an electricity line in Jhunjhunu district’s Chhapoli village earlier on Monday, police said.
They said five others sustained burn injuries in the incident.
“The news of the loss of lives in the accident that occurred in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan is extremely saddening. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased. I pray for the swift recovery of those injured in this accident,” President Murmu said in a post on X in Hindi.
(PTI News)
