A labourer who sustained burn injuries at NTPC’s Unchahar Power Plant being brought to Raebareli district hospital on Wednesday. Photo: PTI
Raebareli, India (BBN) – The toll in the massive explosion in a boiler at the state-run power giant NTPC’s Unchahar plant in Raebareli has risen to 26, a senior official said on Thursday.
Rae Bareli district magistrate Sanjay Kumar Khatri told IANS the number of injured in the Wednesday’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant blast was 64, reports Hindustan Times.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who is on a three-day visit to Mauritius, announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the families of the deceased, Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 for those with minor injuries.
HERE ARE THE LIVE UPDATES:
11.25am: PM Narendra Modi approves ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who died in the blast. He also approved Rs 50,000 each for the injured.
11.05am: Death toll rises to 26, says principal secretary (home) Arvind Kumar, reports ANI.
10.55am: Rahul Gandhi reaches Raebareli district hospital to meet the injured.
10.30am: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit the NTPC blast site in Raebareli in the afternoon. Security checks at NTPC hospital underway.
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