Man electrocuted clearing flooded basement of home

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Gurgaon: A 40-year-old man allegedly died of electrocution on Thursday evening while he was pumping out rainwater that had flooded the basement of his house in Sector 9A. The incident prompted the RWA to accuse the civic authorities of failing to address the waterlogging woes in the area that had cost a man’s life.
Police said that Sumit Ahuja, the victim, and his mother went to the basement of his house around 8pm to check how much rainwater had been pumped out, but he suddenly received an electric shock.
“Sumit’s mother immediately turned off the power supply to the building and rushed him to a hospital with the help of others. But he was declared dead on arrival by doctors there. A case under 174 CrPC has been registered and further investigation is going on in the case,” a police official said.
Sumit is survived by his mother, wife and a daughter.
This incident has sent shock waves among the residents of the area, who blamed the civic authorities for the lack of drainage facility in the locality.
The sector’s RWA claimed that their repeated complaints to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) have so far fallen on deaf ears.
“Our sector is prone to flooding but we don’t have a proper drainage system in the area. The stormwater drain is virtually non-existent and damaged at various places. Even the master drain line was damaged by the GMDA during the construction of a flyover in the area,” said Suraj Bhola, RWA general secretary.
“We have given various representations, even accompanied the senior officials for site visit, but nothing has been done to date to address our concern. MCG officials do not clear out rainwater in the parks, vacant plots for months, completely ignoring the fact that the area has a high watertable,” he added.
Residents claimed that they are forced to shell out money from their pockets to prevent flooding in the basements of their houses. “I have spent Rs 10 lakh to waterproof my basement but it was just a waste of money. The civic authorities need to do pay attention to our problem,” said another resident.
When contacted, MCG joint commissioner Pradeep Ahlawat said, “As the area is low-lying, the GMDA has agreed to increase the capacity of the main pumping station (MPS) before the next monsoon. Though six pumps have been installed in the area, only two are now functional due to the under capacity of the MPS.”
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