2 yrs after workers death, NTPC admits to counterfeit pipes and their usage

In 2017, a worker was killed during an equipment test at NTPC's then under-construction Meja power plant in UP

Around two years ago, a worker was killed during an equipment test at NTPC’s then under construction Meja power plant in Uttar Pradesh.

In December, the country’s largest power producer admitted in the Bombay High Court that some of its pipes at that plant are counterfeit and it continues to use some of them.

NTPC’s tryst with counterfeit pipes dates back to January 14, 2017, when a worker at Meja was found dead. The death was due to an accident during the test, an NTPC’s spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that such routine tests do not lead to any fatality.