Overview
- The boiler‑tube rupture that struck the Singhitarai plant Tuesday has left 14 to about 20 people dead, according to varying police and official counts, and around two dozen injured.
- Police on Thursday registered an FIR naming 8 to 10 plant‑management personnel under BNS sections 106, 289 and 3(5) for alleged negligent acts, with further charges possible after technical reports.
- Officials say a tube carrying high‑pressure steam to a turbine failed, sending roughly 600°C vapor across work areas where many contract workers were on lunch or doing painting.
- Vedanta says the affected crew worked for subcontractor NGSL, and hospitals in Raigarh and Bilaspur, with some transfers to Raipur, are treating the injured, several of them in critical condition.
- Magisterial and divisional probes, a central technical review and a company inquiry are underway, while the PM and CM announced ex‑gratia and state leaders outlined larger relief packages, a push that could tighten industrial‑safety checks at thermal plants.