Patna, December 21: At least five labourers were killed after the boiler at of a private sugar mill in northwest Bihar’s Gopalganj district exploded on Wednesday night. Nine more labourers sustained serious burn injuries in the explosion at the Sasa Musa private sugar mill, 143 km northwest of state capital Patna.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar has ordered an inquiry into the incident and announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the family of victims. The inquiry will be conducted by principal secretaries of sugarcane industries and labour resource departments, S Sidharth and Dipak Kumar Singh, respectively.
Meanwhile, RJD chief Lalu Prasad has expressed grief over death of five persons in the boiler blast. While appealing to people to maintain calm, Prasad asked the administration to “speed up” the rescue work and ensure proper treatment of the injured.