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Campaign to save people from electrocution

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`Parivarthan' was launched after an engineering student was electrocuted


  • The campaign is being popularised through posters, emails and SMS messages
  • BESCOM has been supportive, says a volunteer

    Bangalore: Students in the city are now campaigning for a new cause — to save and protect people from electrocution.

    Students of the M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology here launched "Parivarthan" under the banner of Sankalp India Foundation, a youth organisation. The campaign was launched after an engineering student of MSRIT Tejas Acharya was electrocuted on May 25, 2006. He had stepped on a live wire.

    Kumari Ankita, a volunteer, told The Hindu here on Wednesday that the campaign was being popularised through posters, emails and SMS messages. Ms. Ankita said BESCOM had been supportive.For joining the campaign, contact "Sankalp" on mobile number 9880132850 or visiting the website, www.sankalpindia.net

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