27 Jumbos Electroculated Tathya April 2, 2025 See link <https://tathya.in/27-jumbos-electroculated/> for photo. Bhubaneswar: As many 27 elephants died due to electrocution in the State during the last five years, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said today. In a written reply to a question of BJD MLA Arun Sahoo, the Deputy CM informed that 391 people and 27 elephants died due to electrocution in Odisha during the financial years 2020-21 and 2024-25. He said the electrocution death cases were reported in the areas of four power distribution companies in the state during the financial year 2020-21 and 2024-25. Maximum numbers of such death cases were reported in the Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited (TPWODL). A total of 178 persons including employees and 17 elephants were electrocuted during the period in TPWODL area, he said. Similarly, 106 human beings and 9 elephants died due to electrocution in TP North Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL), Singh Deo said. The deputy chief minister further informed that electrocution deaths of 91 people and one elephant were reported in the TP South Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) while 16 persons died in electrocution in TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) during the period. The government has taken disciplinary action against 107 officials, who are responsible for the deaths, he added. https://tathya.in/27-jumbos-electroculated/