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Two workers buried alive at Yermaras power plant site

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January 17, 2015

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Raichur, Jan 17: Two labourers working on an underground pipe supplying water to the cooling tower of Yermaras Thermal Power Station (second unit)?near Raichur were buried alive after mud caved in on them on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as Mukhilesh, 25, and Matin, 53, both from West Bengal. Two more workers—Syed Hussain Nuziulla, 58, and Syed-ul-Hassan, 25, —were injured in the incident. They have been admitted to the Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences. A cameraman of a private television channel sustained a head injury when hundreds of workers threw stones at the ambulance which had arrived at the spot to shift the injured persons to the hospital.

Assistant Commissioner M?P?Maruthi, who visited the spot, said that according to the workers at the site a total of six men were engaged in erecting iron rods along the underground pipe which carries hot water to the cooling tower when the mud caved in. Two of them managed to escape while two were trapped. Earthmovers would be deployed to remove the debris to get a clear picture of the accident spot, the AC added.

G?C?Mahendra, Chief Engineer of Civil Department, YTPS, explained that the 2.7-metre diameter pipe was being laid for a length of 350 metre for carrying hot water to the cooling tower.

“Water used for producing thermal power gets heated. This is supplied to the cooling tower where huge fans cool the water. The water so cooled is utilised again. Iron rods are erected all along and welded to the pipe and the labourers were busy doing this job,” he said.

The work on the second unit was being executed by?BHEL and the job on the pipeline was entrusted to Prasad And Power Mac, a sub-contractor, the engineer said.

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Agencies
August 9,2020

Vijayawada, Aug 9: The number of those killed in the fire at a hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada rose to 10 on Sunday, said Vikrant Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.

According to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also ordered an in-depth probe into the accident and directed authorities to take steps to ensure better medical services to the victims of the accident.

"The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients and 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident. 

Officials were directed to launch immediate rescue measures," said Mekathoti Sucharitha, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the loss of the lives in the fire mishap and spoke to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy over the phone and enquired about the accident.

The mishap took place in hotel Swarna Palace which was taken on lease and run by a private hospital for COVID patients.

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News Network
June 6,2020

Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 6: A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death on early Saturday morning shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police. 

Railway Colony police station’s in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a class 9 student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom on early Saturday morning. 

Meena said according to the boy’s family members, the boy had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother’s mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game virtually continuously for the last three days. 

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to adjoining to sleep after that. His body was found hanging from the ventilator’s grill in the morning, he said, adding the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”. 

No suicide note was recovered in the case, the SHO said. The boy lived in Gandhi Colony in the city along with his mother and brother, while his father, a Tamil Nadu native and Army man, is currently posted in Arunachal Pradesh. The boy’s body has been kept in hospital’s morgue for the postmortem, the SHO said.

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Agencies
February 23,2020

Panaji, Feb 23: A MiG-29K aircraft crashed off Goa during a routine training sortie on Sunday morning, the Indian Navy said in a statement.

"The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry into the incident has been ordered," the statement said.

On November 16, a MiG-29K trainer flight had crashed after a bird hit, soon after it took off the Dabolim International airport, which functions out of the Indian Navy base INS Hansa.

Both pilots had managed to safely eject themselves to safety after both the engines of their jet failed.

According to data tabled in the recent budget session of the Goa Assembly, every ten days, at least one aircraft landing or taking off at Goa's Dabolim international airport faces dangers involving birds or stray dogs near the runway.

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