They said Kalyani (40)and Sudalai(28) were killed on the spot when the pipe they were lifting from a borewell while attending to electric motor work came in contact with an overhead live wire at Vijayanur near Sathankulam in Tuticorin district.
At Pazhayur Patti near Melur in this district a 60-year-old man was electrocuted when a live wire snapped and fell on a tap from which he was drinking water.