The badly damaged sixth unit of the Unchahar power plant of NTPC, shuttered after last week’s boiler blast that killed 35 persons and injured many, could take more than a year to come back to its operational status, a senior official said. The official, who declined to be named, said[Read More…]
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Mayawati accuses BJP of criminal negligence in NTPC blast
BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh of “criminal negligence” and blamed them for the NTPC tragedy in Rae Bareli in which 37 persons died. In a statement issued by the Bahujan Samaj Party, the former Chief Minister said that due[Read More…]
Six more injured in NTPC blast admitted to AIIMS
Six more injured in the NTPC boiler blast in Uttar Pradesh were on Friday rushed to the national capital and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). All of them have suffered extreme facial burns injuries, said hospital authorities. The injured were brought to the AIIMS round[Read More…]
NTPC blast: Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the people who lost their lives in the NTPC boiler blast in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. Rs 50,000 was announced for each person injured in the state-run National Thermal Power Corp[Read More…]