A day after the explosion at the Sigachi pharma industry plant in Sangareddy district, the death toll has gone up to 36 with many still feared trapped at the site. The district police has registered an FIR, superintendent of police Paritosh Pankaj said on Tuesday.
The Centre is monitoring the situation, with the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force being pressed into action. The toll is likely to rise further, officials said.
NDRF officials said it may take a few more days to clear the debris. "Several bodies have been found under the debris. As many as 31 bodies have been extricated while three died in hospital during treatment. Rescue operation is still going on," said a senior police official from Telangana. Most of the deceased belonged to states such as Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar.
"We have registered an FIR in this case under Sections 105, 110 and 117 of BNS. The investigation is on," an official said. Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita deals with the punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Section 110 deals with the attempt to commit culpable homicide, while Section 117 deals with the offence of "voluntarily causing grievous hurt".
Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday visited the accident site and held a review meeting and directed the officials to submit a detailed investigation report into the cause of the blast. While interacting with factory authorities, Reddy said, "Don't conclude with assumption or general opinion. I need specific reasons for this accident. Only then can we address what happened here."
"How many people are unskilled and skilled labour? Have you segregated the number of skilled and unskilled workers who died after the blast?" he said. Reddy emphasised that such incidents should serve as a learning experience for both the government and industry stakeholders. "We need to focus on what instructions we must give to avoid similar problems in other industries like this. There are two things we need from this: first, a detailed report, and second, accountability," he said.
Reddy instructed company officials to provide compensation of ₹1 crore to families of workers who died in the blast and ₹10 lakh to those injured.
As immediate relief, officials were directed to provide ₹1 lakh each to families of workers who died and ₹50,000 each to the injured.
(With Agency Inputs)
The Centre is monitoring the situation, with the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force being pressed into action. The toll is likely to rise further, officials said.
NDRF officials said it may take a few more days to clear the debris. "Several bodies have been found under the debris. As many as 31 bodies have been extricated while three died in hospital during treatment. Rescue operation is still going on," said a senior police official from Telangana. Most of the deceased belonged to states such as Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar.
"We have registered an FIR in this case under Sections 105, 110 and 117 of BNS. The investigation is on," an official said. Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita deals with the punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Section 110 deals with the attempt to commit culpable homicide, while Section 117 deals with the offence of "voluntarily causing grievous hurt".
Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday visited the accident site and held a review meeting and directed the officials to submit a detailed investigation report into the cause of the blast. While interacting with factory authorities, Reddy said, "Don't conclude with assumption or general opinion. I need specific reasons for this accident. Only then can we address what happened here."
"How many people are unskilled and skilled labour? Have you segregated the number of skilled and unskilled workers who died after the blast?" he said. Reddy emphasised that such incidents should serve as a learning experience for both the government and industry stakeholders. "We need to focus on what instructions we must give to avoid similar problems in other industries like this. There are two things we need from this: first, a detailed report, and second, accountability," he said.
Reddy instructed company officials to provide compensation of ₹1 crore to families of workers who died in the blast and ₹10 lakh to those injured.
As immediate relief, officials were directed to provide ₹1 lakh each to families of workers who died and ₹50,000 each to the injured.
(With Agency Inputs)
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