NTPC boiler blast in Rae Bareli: CM Yogi announces Rs 2L ex-gratia

Arnima Dwivedi
Published on: 2 Nov 2017 3:47 AM GMT
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Rae Bareli: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of those killed in a boiler explosion at a unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district.

The government will provide Rs 50,000 each to those seriously injured, and Rs 25,000 each to those with less grave injuries. CM Yogi has assured free treatment to all the injured at government hospitals.

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It is to be mentioned that at least 26 persons were killed and over 200 injured on Wednesday when the life threatening accident took place in the NTPC.

A massive fire broke out inside and a huge ball of dust and ash rose after the explosion, making rescue operations difficult. The unit was the sixth at NTPC and was commissioned on March 31 this year.

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An alert was sounded at the community health centre (CHC), district hospital and at other medical centres, after the accident. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is in Mauritius on a three-day visit, directed Principal Secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar to monitor the situation and brief him regularly. He has also condoled the death of workers and extended his sympathies to the bereaved families.

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya visited the Civil hospital at night to enquire about the injured and asked the doctors to give them the best possible treatment.

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Many of the injured are in critical condition with scalded body parts caused by hot ash and steam. They have been admitted to government medical facilities at Allahabad and at the Lucknow trauma centre.

Confirming the death toll, Principal Secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar said of the 10 injured brought to the civil hospital here, six have more than 90 per cent burns and that their condition, according to doctors, was very critical.

An NDRF team consisting of 32 persons has left Lucknow for Unchahar, the site of the accident.

Two senior ministers - Suresh Khanna and Swamy Prasad Maurya - have been rushed to the site to oversee and coordinate relief and rescue operations, a government official said.

More than 50 fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire and 100 ambulances, private and government, helped ferry the injured to medical facilities. Rae Bareli is the parliamentary constituency of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Arnima Dwivedi

Arnima Dwivedi

A journalist, presently working as a sub-editor with newstrack.com. I love exploring new genres of humans and humanity.

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