MUMBAI: A science lesson and quick thinking by two school going Palghar siblings saved the lives of a 10-year-old boy and a delivery agent last month. The children, who raised an alarm as soon as a live wire snapped and fell onto the gate of the adjacent building, were felicitated by district collector Govind Bodke and police officials on Wednesday for their heroic action.
The family of Smit Bhandare, 12, and nine-year-old sister Sanskruti was getting ready to have lunch on Aug 25. Smit was doing his homework and Sanskruti was playing in the house. Their mother Kalpana was in the kitchen and father Darshan , a science teacher, was freshening up when the siblings heard a loud sound. They ran to the balcony of their second-floor flat in Rushab Apartment and found that a high voltage electrical wire from a nearby pole had snapped during heavy rain and wind and had fallen on the gate of the adjacent Vasant Vihar building.
Smit remembered a lesson on good and bad electrical conductors he had studied the previous year and immediately recognise the potential hazard the wire posed. He began shouting from the balcony warning people against entering the gate.
Mohammed Ansari , 10, a resident of their building, was about to enter Vasant Vihar when the siblings screamed out to him and stopped him from touching the iron gate. Darshan promptly contacted Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).
While he was on the phone with MSEB officials, a delivery agent on a scooter arrived at Vasant Vihar, unaware of the live wire. The siblings alerted him, too. They even stepped out with umbrellas to warn people until help arrived. MSEB authorities responded quickly and disconnected the power supply to ensure safety.
The family of Smit Bhandare, 12, and nine-year-old sister Sanskruti was getting ready to have lunch on Aug 25. Smit was doing his homework and Sanskruti was playing in the house. Their mother Kalpana was in the kitchen and father Darshan , a science teacher, was freshening up when the siblings heard a loud sound. They ran to the balcony of their second-floor flat in Rushab Apartment and found that a high voltage electrical wire from a nearby pole had snapped during heavy rain and wind and had fallen on the gate of the adjacent Vasant Vihar building.
Smit remembered a lesson on good and bad electrical conductors he had studied the previous year and immediately recognise the potential hazard the wire posed. He began shouting from the balcony warning people against entering the gate.
Mohammed Ansari , 10, a resident of their building, was about to enter Vasant Vihar when the siblings screamed out to him and stopped him from touching the iron gate. Darshan promptly contacted Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).
While he was on the phone with MSEB officials, a delivery agent on a scooter arrived at Vasant Vihar, unaware of the live wire. The siblings alerted him, too. They even stepped out with umbrellas to warn people until help arrived. MSEB authorities responded quickly and disconnected the power supply to ensure safety.
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