Overview
- Residents had reported the transformer gate in Shankarpuri Colony as broken for two years but saw no repairs despite repeated complaints
- LESA suspended the feeder manager responsible for maintenance, installed a temporary net around the unit and began fixing other hazardous transformers
- A two-member committee of executive engineers has been appointed to investigate Fahad’s death and must submit its report within three days
- Neighbours say the current netting falls short of lasting protection and are pressing for permanent barriers after similar electrocution incidents
- Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak ordered immediate compensation, mandated protective walls around the transformer and called for city-wide inspections alongside a departmental probe