KOLKATA: Following the repeated incidents of electrocution deaths where victims touched live street poles, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started identifying and repairing the defunct and damaged street light poles across Salt Lake.
BMC mayor Krishna Chakraborty said that contractors engaged by the civic body to look after the street light posts and other electric poles are identifying such defunct street poles and taking up repair work. “Our workers are pasting ‘Danger Don’t Touch’ stickers on the street poles to alert people not to touch any street pole. The electric boxes fixed on the poles and the feeder boxes are also being rechecked,” Chakraborty said.
