Narrow escape for 25 kids as school bus touches live wires
GURGAON:Nearly 25 students and three employees of Delhi Public School Ghaziabad (DPSG) had a narrow escape after their school bus came in touch with dangling electricity wires at Kabir Chowk in Gurgaon’s Palam Vihar on Monday morning.
Fortunately, there was no electricity at that time and the students were quickly alighted from the bus.
The bus was stuck while crossing the stretch after the wires got entangled in its roof.
The cables were hanging low after an electric pole was damaged during construction work on the road.
After the bus was emptied, local residents and the staff held the wires high enough with wooden sticks so that the bus could pass through.
The incident took place around 7.30am when the bus of DPSG Palam Vihar picked up students from Pratap Nagar and was on its way to the school.
There were two female teachers, one lady attendant, the bus driver and 25 students. Residents said they had complained to the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHVBN) many times but they were not taking the issue seriously.
“There was no power on Monday when the bus crossed the
The contractor had to dig the land and there was no support for the electric pole due to which it got tilted. We had disconnected the electricity supply.
OFFICIAL, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
stretch. What if there was electricity, it would have led to a serious mishap,” said Mahesh Arora, a resident of Pratap Nagar.
A DHVBN team was rushed to the spot later and the pole and transformer was fixed resolved.
“The contractor had to dig the land and there was no support for the electric pole due to which it got tilted. We had disconnected electricity supply and it was restored only after the pole and transformer were repaired on Monday evening,” said a Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) official who sought anonymity as he is not authorised to talk to the media.
The school management said they would now send buses with low height on this route.
“The cables were lying low due to some construction.The incident was reported by our staff members and we changed the bus on that route,” said Sudhir Chitnis, senior administrator, DPSG, said.