MCC Installs 1,200 ELCBs on Streetlights to Prevent Deaths Due to Snapping of Overhead Power Lines

To prevent electrocution due to the snapping of overhead power supply lines of streetlights in the city, the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has installed 1,200 Earthing Leakage Circuit Breakers (ELCBs) on street lights.

The absence of ELCB was the reason for the electrocution of two autorickshaw drivers near Rosario school in Mangalore, and a woman, who died similarly in Shibaje village in Dharmasthala, in June. Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada M.P. Muhilan had then directed MESCOM to install ELCBs on all streetlights in the district, which will arrest the flow of power in the electricity line once it gets snapped. The MESCOM was asked to make use of ₹17 crore of disaster relief funds for the purpose.