A woman died and two others sustained critical injuries of electric shock at Likhu Rural Municipality-1 in Nuwakot district on Thursday.

The victims had accidentally come in contact of 33KV transmission line that had fallen on the ground at Kharekhola area.

Police said Tulasa Adhikari lost her life and Sudiksha Poudel and Lal Prasad Lamichhane were seriously injured.

Poudel and Lamichhane were taken to Kathmandu for treatment.

Narahari Pandey, the ward chairman of Likhu-1, said though he had immediately informed the Trishuli branch of Nepal Electricity Authority and the local administration about the electricity pole falling down, they paid no attention to the matter.

The incident occurred 30 minutes after the pole came down, he added.  

The victims’ relatives and locals disrupted vehicular movement along the Pasang Lhamu Highway and enforced a banda in Bidur, the district headquarters, demanding compensation.