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Yogi directs NTPC to lodge FIR in Unchahaar tragedy

CM Adityanath, on his return, straight away went to SGPGI, Civil Hospital and Trauma Centre of KGMU to meet relatives and victims of Unchahaar tragedy undergoing treatment there.

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On his return from three-day Mauritius tour, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) officials to lodge FIR against those responsible for the Unchahaar Thermal Power Plant tragedy in which over 35 workers were killed and another 60 were seriously injured and are battling for life in Delhi, Lucknow and Rae Bareli hospitals.

CM Adityanath, on his return, straight away went to SGPGI, Civil Hospital and Trauma Centre of KGMU to meet relatives and victims of Unchahaar tragedy undergoing treatment there.

"The accident was unfortunate. A high-level probe has been ordered. Action would be initiated against those responsible. Our government is sensitive to the families of those died and critically injured survivors. We have already made elaborate arrangements for their best possible treatment and would offer whatever help they require," said the CM.

After visiting the victims in the three hospitals, the CM directed the NTPC higher-ups to lodge an FIR in the accident on the basis of the preliminary probe. "No one would be spared if any laxity was the reason behind the accident which resulted in loss of so many lives," he added, directing NTPC to lodge the FIR.

On the other hand, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya visited Safdarganj Hospital in Delhi to meet injured admitted there.

Meanwhile, post mortem was done on 19 bodies in Rae Bareli. Doctors performing the autopsy have preserved the DNA samples in case DNA test was required in future. After post mortem, the district administration made available vehicles to relatives to take bodies to their respective destinations for cremation.

The CM's order to lodge FIR in the Unchahaar tragedy has caught the NTPC management in a dilemma. For, they have to lodge FIR against their own officials for laxity and ignoring safety norms and measures. Union Energy minister RK Singh and NTPC CMD Gurmeet Singh have already given a clean chit to corporation's officials over the tragedy.

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