Monday 11 December 2017

Working with Wires: Electricity employees risk lives, sans safety gear

It is quite a common scene in most towns.

The power department employees are seen sitting on electricity poles, disentangling the wires and ensuring that power reaches our homes.

Mostly, they are not having even the basic security gear--the gloves, the vests, the hoods.

Many of whom are irregular employees, who are either on contract or on daily wages who are paid by the contractor.

No wonder, there are mishaps, so often. The photo was taken by Bhupesh Kesharwani.

This photograph was taken on a road in Byron Bazaar in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.