As many as 13 contractual labourers were injured when a scaffolding collapsed at the Lanco thermal power plant , Anpara in Sonbhadra district on Sunday morning during maintenance work. There were no fatalities and eight of the 13 injured were discharged after first-aid, while the remaining five are also out of danger. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognisance of the incident and has asked the additional chief secretary (energy) to conduct a probe into the matter and fix responsibility for action. The CM also directed the local administration to ensure proper relief work and treatment of the injured.
According to reports, the 600MW unit number-2 had been shut down at 10.24pm on Saturday for maintenance work for which a 36-metre-high scaffolding was put up.
In a written communication, unit manager S K Dwivedi informed the Anpara police inspector that the scaffolding collapsed around 2.45am when workers were on it and 13 contract labourers of two companies were injured. The injured were rushed to the project’s community health centre from where eight were discharged after first aid. Five injured labourers, Dharmajeet (25), Shivam (20), Vivek (34), Sandeep Kumar (25) and Shiv Kumar (27) were referred to the Nehru Hospital, Jayant. Their condition is stable and they are out of danger, informed Dwivedi. The labourers discharged after first-aid were Dinesh Kumar, Abhishek, Vansh Bahadur, Roshan Lal, Amir Khan, Ahmed Khan, Manish and Kishnakant. Sonbhadra district magistrate Abhishek Singh constituted a team led by the ADM to investigate into the matter.
SDM Dudhi, CO Pipri and additional labour commissioner inspected the site and took an account of the incident. Police force was also deployed at the power plant to maintain law and order.
