Bhopal, July 6 (Inditop.com) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Monday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the blasts in two explosives-manufacturing factories in the state’s Singrauli district in which 10 people were killed Sunday.
“A magisterial inquiry has been ordered and an ex-gratia of Rs.1 lakh each has been announced for the next of the kin of those killed in the incident. The financial assistance of Rs.10,000 is also being given to those seriously injured and Rs.5,000 to other injured in the incident,” Chouhan told reporters.
Ten people were killed in blasts that ripped through two factories manufacturing explosives in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district, police said Monday.
The incident occurred around 7.30 p.m. Sunday at two factories – Indian Detonators Ltd and Rajasthan Chemical Explosives Ltd – manufacturing detonators and other explosives used in mining.
The blasts were so powerful that both factories in the Baliyari Industrial Area of Singrauli, about 780 km from the state capital, were gutted. There was a total blackout in the area as power supply snapped. There are a number of coal mines and other factories manufacturing explosives in Singrauli district.
“The bodies of 10 people have been recovered and the 35 injured were referred to hospital. Rescue work is still under way,” Singrauli Collector P. Narahari told IANS over phone.
“Rescue operations are on but no other body had been recovered from the rubble,” added A.K. Shrivastava, inspector general of police of Rewa range in which Singrauli district falls.
“The cause of the explosion is yet to be determined,” he added.
