The National Green Tribunal has directed Jindal Steel & Power Limited to pay a compensation of ₹ 2M each to the families of two workers who died due to a blast on its premises in Patralapli village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on 10 June 2020 and to pay a compensation of ₹ 500,000 each to two workers who suffered burn injuries in the incident, reports PTIIn default of payment, the district magistrate may take coercive measures for recovery, including disconnecting electricity, ordered NGT Bench Chairperson Justice AK Goel said.This order will not debar any other civil or criminal liability of JSPL and we further direct the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health to audit the safety norms adopted by the unit so that such incidents do not reoccur in the future, highlighted the NGT order.The NGT had initiated suo-motu proceedings in the matter on the basis of a media report. According to police, the blast had occurred when the workers were cutting an old diesel tank with a gas cutter at a scrap yard.''
The National Green Tribunal has directed Jindal Steel & Power Limited to pay a compensation of ₹ 2M each to the families of two workers who died due to a blast on its premises in Patralapli village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on 10 June 2020 and to pay a compensation of ₹ 500,000 each to two workers who suffered burn injuries in the incident, reports PTIIn default of payment, the district magistrate may take coercive measures for recovery, including disconnecting electricity, ordered NGT Bench Chairperson Justice AK Goel said.This order will not debar any other civil or criminal liability of JSPL and we further direct the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health to audit the safety norms adopted by the unit so that such incidents do not reoccur in the future, highlighted the NGT order.The NGT had initiated suo-motu proceedings in the matter on the basis of a media report. According to police, the blast had occurred when the workers were cutting an old diesel tank with a gas cutter at a scrap yard.''
