Four killed in reactor blast at Cuddalore SIPCOT
The Hindu
The blast that took place at a pesticides manufacturing industry, Crimson Organics, early on Thursday morning, also injured 10 others
In a major industrial mishap, four persons, three men and one woman, were killed and 10 others injured in a reactor vessel blast at a pesticides manufacturing industry in Kudikadu at the SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore on Thursday. Sources said the blast took place at one of the reactor vessels in Crimsun Organics at around 7.45 a.m. The deceased were identified as Rajkumar, 42, Ganapathy, 25 and Savitha, 35. The identity of the fourth victim is yet to be ascertained. The injured have been shifted to the Cuddalore Government General Hospital.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.