NTPC blast in UP: 16 dead, 100 injured, NDRF team rushed to site for relief

The incident occurred this evening when the boiler of an undertrial 500-megawatt unit exploded

At least 16 persons were killed and almost 100 others injured in one of the worst industrial mishaps to hit Uttar Pradesh at the NTPC plant in Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

 

According to reports, the incident occurred this evening when the boiler of 500-megawatt unit exploded at NTPC’s Unchahar plant in Rae Bareli.

 

Earlier, Rae Bareli (Sadar) additional District Magistrate S Sudhakaran had told Business Standard that the NTPC management had