Ramgarh, The families of three engineers, who were charred to death in a fire at a steel factory in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, have been provided ₹31 lakh each as compensation, following protests and negotiations with the management, officials said.
As per the agreement reached late on Saturday, the management paid ₹30 lakh each as compensation and ₹1 lakh each towards cremation and last-rites expenses, Labour Superintendent Ramgarh Anil Kumar Ranjan said.
It was signed in the presence of Labour Enforcement Officer Chandan Kumar Das, local leaders and villagers.
The families have also demanded a job for one dependent of each deceased, adequate compensation and a high-level probe into the incident.
The bodies of the engineers were subsequently sent for post-mortem, police said.
The three engineers – Sanjiv Kumar Keshari , Vineet Kumar Mahto and Abhishek Pandey – died after suffering severe burn injuries in the blaze that broke out at the captive power plant of Maa Chinnamastika Ispat in Hehal village around midnight on Friday, officials said.
Another employee, Tarun Rajwar, was injured in the incident and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ranchi.
{{/usCountry}}Another employee, Tarun Rajwar, was injured in the incident and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ranchi.
{{/usCountry}}Chief Factory Inspector Manish Sinha said his condition was stable, and the factory management had been directed to provide better treatment facilities.
According to eyewitnesses, a large number of workers were present at the factory when the incident occurred.
Officials said the turbine exploded following overheating of a control panel.
The exact cause of the fire and explosion is being investigated, police said.
Sinha said a two-member team comprising a factory inspector and the Chotanagpur deputy chief inspector will investigate the incident.
Earlier, the deaths triggered a 14-hour protest by villagers and family members, who blocked the factory gate and refused to allow the bodies to be removed until their demands were addressed.
The protesters also sought a safety audit of the plant.
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