Three workers killed in electrocution at Mizoram highway construction site

Aizawl, Sep 20 (UNI) Three workers were killed, and three others suffered minor injuries after they were electrocuted while working on a four-lane highway project at Sethawn village in Kolasib district of Mizoram on Saturday. According to the Kolasib district police, the accident occurred around 1 pm near the RTP farm along the Assam-Mizoram highway when the workers were shifting an electric pole at the construction site. The six workers were engaged by a sub-contractor, C Vanlalhriat of Chawlhmun in Aizawl, for work being carried out under the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL). The three deceased were…