9 killed in Telangana hydroelectric power plant fire

Hyderabad, Friday 21 August 2020

Nine bodies have been found after a huge fire broke out at TS Genco's hydroelectric power plant in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal in Telangana's Nagarkurnul district. Three of the bodies have been identified as Assistant Engineers Sundar Naik, Mohan Kumar, and Fatim, while 30 employees were working inside when the fire broke out. Of these, 6 employees came out safely through the tunnel. So the other 15 emergency exits have come out of the route.

A fire was reported late Thursday night after a plume of Chomer smoke appeared. The fire was suspected to have been caused by a short circuit. Among those trapped in the fire were six employees of the TS Ganko company and three others from a private company. Arriving at the scene, the fire brigade immediately went to work. According to fire brigade personnel, relief work was hampered by thick smoke.

Jagdish Reddy, a minister in the Telangana state government, and Prabhakar Rao, managing director of TS Genco, rushed to the spot and inspected the relief work. He said there was so much smoke in the tunnel that relief workers could not get inside. Specialist relief workers from Singareni Colliery were brought there. The Srisailam dam was on the other side of the Krishna river. The need for a border between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was good.

Chief Minister of the state K. Chandra Shekhar Rao has ordered a comprehensive probe by the CID to find out the cause of the incident, with CID's Additional Director of Police Govind Singh appointed as the investigating officer. Chief Minister K. Chandra Shekhar Rao and Prime Minister Modi have also expressed grief over this unfortunate incident. And expressed his condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased.