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Despite years of information measures and precocious spending, electrical accidents stay a persistent menace successful Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) jurisdiction, resulting successful 1,166 deaths and 867 non-fatal injuries implicit the past decennary (from 2015 to 2025), according to authoritative data.
As per information disposable with The Hindu, 1,166 deaths, 867 non-fatal injuries and 2,588 livestock deaths person been recorded implicit the past decade, underlining the continuing information risks posed by electrical infrastructure successful some municipality and agrarian areas.
Despite spending ₹228.76 crore arsenic superior expenditure to forestall specified accidents betwixt 2015 and November 2025, the fig of fatal and non-fatal incidents has not shown immoderate important diminution implicit the years.
The highest fig of quality fatalities was reported successful 2020-21 with 130 deaths, followed by 114 deaths successful 2019-20 and 100 deaths successful 2021-22.
Non-fatal cases person remained consistently high, indicating that a ample fig of radical proceed to beryllium exposed to electrical hazards.
Livestock deaths excessively stay a large concern, with 277 animals killed successful 2023-24 and 275 successful 2020-21, reflecting the vulnerability of agrarian powerfulness organisation systems.
Interestingly, GESCOM recorded its highest expenditure, ₹20.69 crore, connected mishap prevention successful 2015-16, but the consequent years person continued to witnesser precocious numbers of accidents.
The information suggests that accrued spending has not translated into proportionate improvements successful information outcomes.
Social activistic Deepak Gala, who is besides president of the Hyderabad Karnataka Environment Awareness and Protection Organisation, has pointed retired that factors specified arsenic decrepit infrastructure, inadequate maintenance, exposed lines and deficiency of regular information audits arsenic imaginable reasons for the continuous occurrence of specified accidents.
