At least 12 people were killed when a chimney at the under-construction 1,200 MW thermal power plant at the Bharat Alumnium Co Lt (BALCO) premises collapsed. Many labourers are injured and some more are feared trapped under the debris,” SP Ratanlal Dangi said, adding that rescue work was on
The mishap occurred when labourers were working on the chimney,
‘It’s a massive accident that has claimed at least 15 lives. We have launched a rescue and relief operation to save about 50 workers and engineers trapped under the collapsed chimney’s debris,’ district Superintendent of Police Ratanlal Dangi told IANS on phone.
The state government instructed the district collector and superintendent of police to
register a first information report (FIR) against the Balco management for allegedly overlooking security aspects and announced a judicial probe into the accident.
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