Kathmandu. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to provide a compensation of Rs 19.5 lakh to the employees who were electrocuted during the repair of the transmission line.

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the NEA held on Wednesday evening decided to provide Rs 19,78,301 as medical compensation and other compensation to employees injured while working in the area.

According to NEA member Anshu Kiran Shahi, Sher Bahadur Magar aka Sandesh Magar, 25, of Khotang working at Ambote of Melamchi Municipality-10 was electrocuted while replacing the disc pin of the 15 KV transmission line on March 24.

He was taken to Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital for treatment. The cost of treatment was Rs 9,78,301.

According to the Nepal Electricity Authority’s Electricity Compensation By-law, it has been decided to provide a total of Rs 19,78,301 including Rs 1 million as compensation and Rs 9,78,301 for treatment.

Magar has already taken Rs 10 lakh in advance. Now the remaining Rs 9,78,301 has been approved to be distributed to the injured through the concerned distribution center as per the bylaws, said member Shahi.