SPDCL warns farmers against putting up electric fencing around fields illegally

Two engineering students lost their lives in Pedda Mangalaram village after accidentally coming into contact with an illegally erected electric fence designed to protect crops from wild animals. The Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd (TGSPDCL) has issued a warning to farmers against setting up such unauthorized electric fencing, as it poses a significant risk of life-threatening accidents to both humans and animals.

According to TGSPDCL, the two youths who were electrocuted came into contact with the electric fence surrounding a paddy field belonging to B. Penta Reddy in survey number 330, outside the village of Pedda Mangalaram in the Chilkur section of Moinabad mandal. TGSPDCL emphasized that electric fencing is illegal and punishable under Section 135 (theft of power) of the Electricity Act 2003, as well as a criminal offence under Section 106 (1) of the BNS 2023.