Bhubaneswar, Nov. 21 -- 16 years after a woman lost her son to electrocution in Odisha's Puri town, the Orissa High Court has awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation to the bereaved mother while directing the Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) to pay the ex gratia sum along with interest all through from 2009.
The victim, Gyanakalpa Mishra, while passing by a display board duly installed with power being provided by the TPCODL, came in contact with a live wire and died of electrocution way back on 4 September 2009. Since then, the family members waged a prolonged battle against bureaucratic red tape as TPCODOL and local municipal administration shied away from compensating the bereaved family.
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