Sixteen people, including a police sub-inspector and three home guard jawans were killed, and eleven others were injured after they were electrocuted on the banks of the Alaknanda river at a Namami Gange project site in Chamoli district on Wednesday morning. Of the eleven injured, six people have been airlifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh, while five others are being treated at the district hospital in Gopeshwar, 10 kilometres away from the accident site.

NK Joshi, district disaster management officer, said that the incident took place at 11.35am. “Of the 11 injured, the condition of two people is said to be critical while the rest are stable,” he said.

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Senior police officials said that the body of a security guard, identified as Ganesh Lal, was found by locals and family members a little short of 9am on Wednesday. Officers said that Lal was likely electrocuted to death at night, as he had stopped responding to phone calls, which in turn led to family members and locals going looking for him. UPCL officials said that Lal’s death was likely caused by an electricity leak in the wiring of the Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP).

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