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Transformer blast at Sanjhi-Chatt

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 5/27/2013 11:41:23 PM

ITBP jawan among 2 injured

JAMMU, May 27: Two people including a jawan of ITBP were injured when a power transformer exploded at Sanjhi-Chhat area on the Katra-Vaishno Devi trek Monday afternoon.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) officials said a Power Development Department (PDD) employee was repairing the transformer when it exploded injuring him and a ITBP jawan from Uttarakhand.
According to official sources, ITBP jawan and PDD employee suffered burn injuries on their face and other body parts when a transformed blasted in Sanjhi Chat area on Monday.
Soon after the incident was reported work supervisors on duty rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to a nearby dispensary and later all the arrangements were made to shift the injured to the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu.
There is a heavy rush of pilgrims to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine nestled in Trikuta hills, about 50 km north of Jammu.
An average of 25,000 pilgrims from across the country visit the shrine daily, which is a 12-km trek from Katra, the base camp of the pilgrimage.
The number of pilgrims on weekends is higher at about 30,000 per day.