- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
The death toll in NTPC’s Unchahar plant accident has climbed to 32, making it the country’s worst industrial disaster in eight years, while the company said today that investigations will be completed by an enquiry panel within a month. The accident is the worst since the 2009 collapse of a power-plant chimney under construction at Bharat Aluminium Cos Korba project, which killed 45 people. “Around 80 people were affected due to this accident. 32 succumbed to injuries and 48 are under treatment,” NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh told reporters here. As many as 12 seriously injured persons, including…
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