Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Friday announced Rs 10 lakh each for the families of 8 workers from Odisha, who died in a powerful explosion, which triggered a fire at Sigachi pharmaceutical factory in Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district of Telangana on Monday.
The financial assistance to the deceased will be provided from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Additionally, a team of state government officials is present at the accident site, monitoring the rescue and medical operations, a CMO release said.
The deceased have been identified as Rajnala Jagan Mohan (55) of Chatrapur in Ganjam, Lagnajeet Duari of Paikarapur in Cuttack’s Tigiria, Manoj Rout of Parbatipur in Balasore’s Simulia, Dolagobinda Sahu of Erabanka in Jajpur’s Dharmasala, Chaita Bhadra and Ramesh Gauda of Nabarangpur, Siddharth Gouda of Mahanadapur in Ganjam and Prasant Mohapatra of Berhampur in Ganjam.
On Wednesday, officer on special duty in the directorate of Odisha Parivaar, Pritish Panda had informed that family members of four missing workers have already submitted their samples for DNA identification and one more family will reach Sangareddy on Thursday to give their sample.
Earlier, he had confirmed the death of Rajnala Jagan Mohan, Lagnajeet Duari, Manoj Rout and Dolagobinda Sahu.
Another four from the state are undergoing treatment at Pranaam and Druva hospitals in Telangana. Among them, Samir Padhy (24), a machine operator from Ganjam, is battling for life with 35% burns. The other three are Chandan Kumar Naik of Bhadrak, and Neelambar Batra and Chitrasen Batra of Nabarangpur and their condition is stated to be stable.
