Police said that the reason and how the blast happened is not yet known. Police said that the injured have been admitted to the government hospital of the district, where they are undergoing treatment. Police have registered a case and started further investigation.
Death Toll in Telangana reaches 35 The death toll in the explosion at a medicine factory in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Monday has reached 35. Sangareddy SP Paritosh Pankaj said that there was an explosion in the reactor unit of the factory on June 30. Those killed in the accident were residents of Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
While expressing grief over the accident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the injured from the PM Relief Fund. Telangana Health Minister Raja Narasimha said more than 200 fire personnel were deployed for rescue operations. The Rs 500 crore Sigachi Industries factory building was reduced to rubble after the accident. Initial investigations suggest that the blast was caused by a malfunction of a dryer in the quality control unit.
