Electric fencings become death traps for farmers in Medak, Vikarabad

During the last five days, five farmers were electrocuted in different incidents when they came in touch with the electric fencing

Medak: The electric fencings that were laid around crops has become death traps for farmers in the erstwhile Medak and Vikarabad districts.

During the last five days, five farmers were electrocuted in different incidents when they came in touch with the electric fencing. Shockingly, three of these farmers died in their agriculture fields. Though they knew there was electric fencing installed, they accidentally touched the fence and died on the spot. The farmers, who were living on the forest fringes, were installing the electrified fence to keep wild boars away from their crops.

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Two farmers had died at Yaswanthraopet in Veldurthy mandal within a gap of three days last Saturday and Monday. These two farmers – Rasapally Kishan and Gudeni Yadaiah – died in their own agriculture fields. Surprisingly, even after these incidents, many farmers in Yaswanthraopet and other neighbouring villages are still using the electric fencing.

On Tuesday, two farmers more were electrocuted in a similar way. M Shiva Shankar (30), who installed the electric fencing around his field at Pothulbouda in Vatpally mandal, was electrocuted on Tuesday morning when he touched the electric fencing. A woman farmer was electrocuted at Jaji Thanda in Kowdipally on Tuesday. The woman Katroth Bujjibai (38) was grazing her goats. While walking through the paddy field of a farmer, she touched the electric fencing and died on the spot.

Another farmer was electrocuted at Rangampally village in Parigi mandal of Vikarabad district a couple of days ago in a similar way. He was Elicheli Ramulu (28). The farmers said they were going for the unsafe way of protecting their crops because they had no other option to protect their crops from the wild boars. The farmers alleged that the State government had failed to intervene even in restricting the wild boar menace or suggesting safe equipment to them to keep the wild animals away from their fields.