Raigarh Feb 25 PTI A labourer died after getting trapped in a conveyor belt in the NTPCs plant in Lara in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district police said on Friday Somnath Bhoi a native of neighbouring Odisha was performing a cleaning task on Thursday night when he got trapped in the conveyor belt of the coal holding plant and died instantly an official said The 1600-megawatt plant in situated under Pusaur police station limits some 25 kilometres from the district headquarters he added An accidental death case has been registered and further probe into the incident is under the Pusar police station official added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
Raigarh Dec 17 PTI A worker died and three others were injured in an explosion at a sponge iron factory in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district police said on FridayThe incident took place at Navdurga Fuel Private Limited near Saraipali under Punjipathara police station limits on Thursday said a senior official The deceased was identified as Narendra Singh 32 a native of BiharBhim Kumar Das Umesh Koda and Jaswant Kaur were injured in the incident and undergoing treatment at a private hospital the police official saidHot material jammed in induction furnace-3 of the plant resulting in the explosion and hot ash fell on the victims he saidThey were rushed to a nearby private hospital where Narendra Singh succumbed during treatment the official added Officials of the Industrial Health and Safety Department visited the plant and started a probe to ascertain the cause of the explosion he said Punjipathara Police has also registered an offence and started a probe PTI COR KRK KRK KRK