Shillong, February 13: The rusted electricity pole of The Meghalaya Electricity Corporation Limited (MeECL) erected for electric supply to different villages in the rural areas in Meghalaya, has post a great threat to human lives.
The rusted electric pole at Umkadhor village in Ri Bhoi District is one of the few rusted post that the MeECL need to be replace, there are many more such rusted pole in different villages even in this state capital Shillong.
Many people express that this attitude of the MeECL post a great threat to human life if such rusted eclectic pole collapse people will lost their life due to negligence form the part of the MeECL authority, many have express their views that filed worker of the MeECL should take cognizance to such pole to report to the authority concern for replacement.
The question arises weather the MeECL has a budget in the corporation to replace rusted electric pole, or they know how to collect their electricity bills without caring human life, earlier the HYC of Mawkhar Circle have taken up the issued on this rusted pole in the Capital Shillong that the MeECL should replace them immediately.