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Beware! dangling cables could also be dangerous Law and order
Motorists trip over kite ropes and unremoved festoons too, writes L. Srikrishna
Photo: S.S. Kumar
Killer cable: Corporation workers removing an entangled cable on Poonamallee High Road recently, which caused an accident, killing two motorcyclists. —
Cables dangling overhead and jutting out at carriageways have claimed two lives in the city last month. While many incidents of motorists being surprised by such ‘projections’ go unreported, earlier this week E.Satyanarayanan (42), an employee of a private company, lived to tell his horrible tale.
On his way to office early in the morning on Anna Salai, he was felled by a cable installed by a cable television operator at Medavakkam Tank Road near Kilpauk. Since it was 6.30 a.m. not many vehicles were on road, and he escaped with injuries that can not be dismissed as minor.
Motorists tripping over by kite ropes and unremoved festoons also tell similar tales at regular intervals, a doctor attending such cases at the Government General Hospital said.
Who is statutorily empowered to curb the menace and take action whenever such incidents are reported in the media or brought to notice?
Traffic police officers say that they register a case under IPC Section 304 A (causing death due to negligence). In case of a fatal mishap, the driver is held for rash driving and negligence. Whenever a death was reported due to overhead cables, similar action is initiated against the person concerned, they added. Mr. Satyanarayanan lodged a complaint with the Secretariat Colony police station.
V. Kannadasan, Special Public Prosecutor, Special Court for Human Rights Court, rued that the present form of Human Rights (Protection) Act 1993 was inadequate to deal with such issues. Calling for broadbasing the Act so as to include such incidents, he said victims or the injured should be enabled to move the Human Rights Court and sue the State for its tortuous liability.
The president of the Tamil Nadu Advocates Association, S. Prabakaran, said it was high time the State brought in a comprehensive legislation to deal with the menace. The fact remained that the latest victim – Satyanarayanan is still recovering and in a state of shock.
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