Overview
- Two Class 12 students, Shubhangi Balkhande and Ujjwala Wagh, sustained electric shocks while wading through water beneath the Nerul LP Flyover on July 1 and were moved from D.Y. Patil Hospital to Fortis Vashi for specialist care.
- Hospital doctors say both girls are clinically stable, their CT scans and ECGs are normal, they remain under ICU observation for monitoring, and the NMMC has pledged to pay all treatment costs.
- The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation suspended Executive Engineer (Electrical) Pravin Hindurao Gade on July 2 after a preliminary finding of prima facie negligence and has begun disciplinary proceedings with movement and employment restrictions during suspension.
- The suspension order states damaged insulation on a live streetlight supply cable likely contacted accumulated rainwater and electrified the puddle, and officials have ordered an urgent technical inquiry to identify the exact cable and any other failures.
- The incident highlights the danger where exposed or poorly maintained electrical wiring meets monsoon waterlogging under flyovers, and the inquiry could lead to repairs, tighter supervision of streetlight circuits, and possible further accountability.