Chennai:
Eight staff suffered burn accidents in a boiler blast this night on the central government-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s plant within the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
“We are giving the best possible treatment to the workers. The fire is still on but under control. We have stopped work at three boilers. We would resume once it’s fixed. We’ve ordered a probe,” mentioned Rakesh Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, NLC.
The staff embody each common and contractual workers. After first help, all of the injured have been admitted to the Cauvery Hospital in Trichy.
“The blast took place around 5 pm at the sixth unit of the second plant. We understand three of them are critical,” a police officer advised NDTV.
There is concept that the facility manufacturing was elevated on Thursday. The firm authorities, nevertheless, say all the protection protocols have been adhered to.
“There was no sudden increase. We schedule 24 hours in advance,” Mr Kumar mentioned.
“All safety audits have been done and complied with,” R Vikraman, Director, Human Resource mentioned.
The firm generates 3,940-megawatt electrical energy. The plant the place the blast came about accounts for 1,470 megawatts.
The firm employs 27,000, together with 15,000 contractual staff.