Chandrababu Naidu Stresses Workplace Safety After Andhra Pharma Firm Blast

The explosion was on the premises of the Escientia Company, a pharma firm in the Anakapalle district's Special Economic Zone.

Ensuring workplace safety - particularly in 'red category' industries, or those that deal with hazardous materials and have a pollution index over 60 - must go hand-in-hand with investment in the state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu told NDTV Thursday.

Mr Naidu 's remarks came a day after 17 people died in an explosion at a chemical factory in Anakapalle district. Over 30 others were injured, some very seriously.

This morning Mr Naidu visited the injured and met the families of those who died.