2 workers die, 1 critical in boiler explosion at NLC India plant: CMD
PTI, May 12, 2020, 2:30 PM IST
New Delhi: Two of the eight workers injured in a boiler explosion at a thermal plant of NLC India last week have succumbed to their injuries, company’s Chairman and Managing Director Rakesh Kumar said.
“Of the remaining six who were injured, one is still critical while four are recovering,” he told PTI on Tuesday.
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi has ordered statutory and non-statutory payment of at least Rs 15 lakh to the family of the deceased, irrespective of whether the employee was regular or contractual.
In addition to the compensation, the company will offer regular employment to the next of the kin of the deceased.
Kumar said that the senior management of the company will contribute their one day’s salary to the family of the deceased.
Besides, Kumar said that NLC India will bear the medical expenses of the injured workers.
Last week, a fire broke out at the company’s power plant at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, resulting in burn injuries to two regular employees and six contract workers.
The company has roped in former chairman of Central Electricity Authority A S Bakshi to investigate the explosion incident.
NLC India is a navratna company under the coal ministry. The main activity of the PSU is mining and power generation.
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