Meghalaya: One Perishes in Electric Mattress Explosion

SHILLONG: In a bizarre incident, a 38-years old person was killed because of the explosion of an electric mattress. The incident took place in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.

According to reports, the victim was unwell for around three months. He was sleeping in his room when the incident took place. The authorities mentioned that the incident took place in the house of one Pynsuklang Khongwir, which is located in Smit town. The blast was strong enough to knock down the glass panes of the house added the local people.

Upon conducting the preliminary investigation, a senior police official informed that the cause of the explosion could be the overcharging of the electrical mattress. And the victim was sleeping on the same at the time of the explosion. A detailed investigation has been initiated regarding the matter. The Superintendent of Police for the East Khasi Hills district, Sylvester Nongtynger mentioned that the family members have already informed the police that the victim had previously attempted suicide twice but failed.

Recently one of India's foremost research-driven biodiversity conservation organisations, Aaranyak, installed 10 solar street lights in seven villages identified as human-elephant conflict (HEC) areas in the West Garo Hills district. Solar lights have been installed in Borogobal, Photamati, Kharsengdap, Bondukmali, Darengsigre, Bordubi, and Jamdangre villages. "Unwarranted face-offs between wild elephants and human beings, which may turn fatal, often occur in hotspots of human-elephant conflicts (HEC) in the darkness of the night. Such face-offs contribute to the worsening of the HEC situation in a particular area. Solar street lights provide an effective way to prevent such human-elephant confrontations and thereby help mitigate the conflict," Aranyaks said in a statement. The biodiversity conservation organization's assigned team conducted a survey to identify the areas based on elephant movement patterns and installed solar street lights in these villages inhabited by indigenous communities such as Garo, Rabha, Bodo, and other local people.

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