Injured PDD lineman dies after battling for life for 11 days in ICU

Srinagar : A Power Development Department (PDD) employee, who fell from an electric pole in Pulwama district of South Kashmir Saturday lost his battle with life after remaining in Intensive Care Unit of a hospital for 11 days.
An official said that the lineman Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Yousmarg, Budgam district fell from an electric pole while restoring electricity in Sikloo village of Pulwama district 11 days ago.
“Bashir was rushed to nearby hospital in critical condition from where he was referred to SMHS Srinagar for advanced treatment. At SMHS ICU, he was battling for life since past 11 days but breathed his early morning Saturday,” the official said.
He said that Bashir is a father of six children including five daughters and now there none to take care of his family. “He was laid to rest at Yousmarg graveyard,” the said a relative of deceased