Haryana: Man Electrocuted While Crossing Waterlogged Street In Ambala, 3 Bodies Found Floating

As per the agency, Ambala district is the worst hit in Haryana, pounded by heavy rains between Saturday and Monday.

A person was electrocuted while crossing a waterlogged street in Ambala.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: In a tragic incident, a person was electrocuted while he was crossing a waterlogged street in a residential colony in Ambala on Wednesday police said. In a separate incident, three bodies were found floating in the water in Ambala, reported news agency PTI.

As per the agency, Ambala district is the worst hit in Haryana, pounded by heavy rains between Saturday and Monday.

According to the police, a man was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire while crossing a waterlogged street in Shalimar Colony in Ambala Cantonment.

In another incident, three bodies were found floating in water in Ambala city. Two of the deceased have been identified and were aged around 70 and 20.

According to government data, at least 15 people have died in rain-related incidents in Haryana and neighbouring Punjab.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar conducted an aerial survey of rain-affected areas in the state on Wednesday. The work of providing relief to the affected people is ongoing, said CM.

Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala also took stock of the situation in the Ambala district on Wednesday. Driving a tractor, he met the affected people who apprised him of the huge loss of property and crops caused by the floods.

He also held a meeting with the officials concerned and gave them appropriate directions to tide over the situation. 

Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is also expected to be visiting some of the flood-affected areas in Haryana on Wednesday.  

The incessant downpour has inundated houses and caused extensive damage to crops and vegetables in many districts.  

State disaster management teams, NDRF, and various government departments with the help of the army have been engaged in relief and rescue operations.

Khattar had on Tuesday directed administrative secretaries in charge of flood-affected districts to rush to the areas assigned to them and oversee the relief work.