Response

We recommend filing a written complaint with the MCD’s Power Transmission Department to have the high tension wires removed.

In the event that they do not remove the wires, you may file a writ suit against MCD with the court.

You may request that high tension wires be removed from the Hon’ble Court in the aforementioned writ petition.

Your only option appears to be to go to Civil Court. File a lawsuit for a mandatory injunction to have the wires removed since they are dangerous to people’s lives.

You also have the option of filing a writ petition with the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Chandigarh.

The case is pending before the HC in the wake of an eight-year-old kid who had his limbs triple amputated after being electrocuted by a high-tension wire in his Panipat village.

In this instance, the High Court ordered the state government to pay roughly Rs 60 lakh in compensation.

Several people, including children, have died after coming into contact with high-tension electricity wires in various parts of the city.

After incidences when a huge number of buildings, including dwellings and commercial facilities, were built under or near these high-voltage cables by breaking the standards, the role of the MC and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) remained under scrutiny.

Reference: The Indian Electricity Rules, 1956

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(o) ÒdangerÓ means danger to health or danger to life or any part of body from shock, burn or other injury to persons, or property, or from fire or explosion, attendant upon the genera_tion, transmission, transformation, conversion, distribution or use of energy.

(av) ÒvoltageÓ means the difference of electric potential measured in volts between any two conductors or between any part of either conductor and the earth as measured by a suitable voltmeter and is said to be; ÒlowÓ where the voltage does not exceed 250 volts under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed by these rules; ÒmediumÓ where the voltage does not exceed 650 volts under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed by these rules; ÒhighÓ where the voltage does not exceed 33,000 volts under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed by these rules; Òextra highÓ where the voltage exceeds 33,000 volts under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed by these rules. – 202100352-20210043-12053 –

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