CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Lakhanauti | Saharanpur, (Due to sparking in the HT line, eight bighas of wheat crop of two farmers burnt to ashes. A transformer is placed at one end of the field of Shyam Singh, son of Asaram, resident of village Kumhera. The HT line connected to the transformer is passing through the middle of his field. As soon as the supply started in the afternoon, sparking occurred in the line. The spark that came out of it fell down in the field. Seeing the smoke rising, the villagers ran towards the fields. By the time the villagers controlled the fire, about seven bighas of wheat of Shyam Singh and one bigha of wheat of his neighbour woman farmer Sanyogita wife of Katar Singh had been burnt to ashes.