The family members of an assistant lineman, Battula Ashok, 24, who was electrocuted on Saturday in Station Ghanpur mandal, staged a 12-hour demonstration.
Mr. Ashok died while repairing the damaged electrical wires due to gales two days ago. The family members and villagers are demanding suitable compensation. The deceased belongs to Samudrala village and had recently joined TSNPDCL as an outsourced lineman. According to local sarpanch T. Kumaraswamy and division president of Electricity Employees Union, Ilesh, Ashok and another lineman Kalram Naik were attending to restoration works after taking line clearance from the authorities.