The death toll in the explosion at a chemical factory in Telangana increased to 34 on Tuesday, as more bodies were recovered during the rescue operation. By Monday night, the death toll was 12, which increased to 34 on Tuesday morning and now it has increased.On Monday, a suspected reactor explosion in the Sigachi Chemical Industry in Pashmeelaram caused an explosion and a fire.District Superintendent of Police Paritosh Pankaj told news agency PTI, “Many bodies have been recovered from the rubble while removing the debris … the final phase of the rescue operation is still on.”
District Superintendent of Police Paritosh Pankaj told ‘PTI’, “Many bodies have been recovered under it while removing the debris. 31 bodies have been removed from the debris, while three people died during treatment in the hospital. The final phase of the rescue operation is still going on. ”Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha said that Chief Minister A Revant Reddy will visit the accident site on Tuesday morning.
Earlier, an official release said that Chief Minister A.K. Revanth Reddy expressed grief over the incident and instructed the officials to take all possible steps to save the trapped workers and provide modern treatment to them. State Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha told reporters that about 90 people were working in the plant when the explosion occurred.
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It is suspected that Monday’s fierce accident occurred due to a chemical reaction, which also caused the fire. According to the company’s website, Sigachi Industries Limited is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Expressing grief over the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund and Rs 50,000 thousand for the injured. The company said that she expresses deep condolences at the loss of life and property and expresses heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased.
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The company emphasized that the unit was insured. The company also assured all possible assistance to the affected people. Telangana State Disaster Response and Director General of Fire Service Y. Nagi Reddy said that there was suspicion that the explosion took place in the drying (drawing) unit of the plant. However, Inspector General of Police (Multizon) V Satyanarayana told reporters that the reactor was a case of explosion.