Hescom lineman electrocuted while fixing power line, luckily survives

BAGALKOT: A lineman working with the Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (Hescom) was electrocuted while fixing an electricity line at Madanamatti village in Rabkavi-Banahatti taluk on Friday. He luckily survived the electrocution.

The lineman lay unconscious on the electricity pole for about 10 minutes before his colleagues and locals could bring him down. The lineman was then shifted to the KLE Hospital in Belagavi for treatment of injuries.