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Bijnor (UP), Sep 12 : At least six labourers died while two others were seriously injured in an explosion in a private petro-chemical factory here Wednesday morning, police said.
According to the police, one labourer is still missing.
The blast took place around 8 am when the boiler of the factory was being repaired.
"There was a blast in the Mohit Petro-Chemical Factory located on Nagina Road. In the blast, labourers Balgovind, Ravi, Lokendra, Kamalveer, Vikrant and Chetram died. Two labourers were brought to a hospital in a serious condition. One labourer is said to be missing." Superintendent of Police Umesh Kumar Singh told PTI.
"As per information gathered so far, the boiler of the factory was not functioning for the past few days. Today, while it was being repaired, there was a blast in the boiler while welding work was going on," he said.
Singh said efforts are on to trace the owner of the factory.PTI
Bijnor/Lucknow (UP), Aug 25: The body of a woman was fished out of the Ganga river today, taking the toll in yesterday's boat capsize incident in Bijnor district to two, while search is on for eight other missing women, officials said.
Of the 27 people in the boat, 11 men and six women were rescued yesterday, Relief Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.
The body of a woman was fished out last night, while the other body was found this morning, he said.
On the request of the district administration, an Army helicopter conducted a recce this afternoon to trace the missing people, Kumar said, adding five boats of the NDRF and two of the PAC, with divers, were also carrying out search operations.
Help of the locals was also being taken to trace them, officials said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Dinesh Singh said the people on the boat were headed for their fields on the other side of the river when it overturned.
Those missing have been identified as Kusum, Neeta, Siya, Saraswati, Sunita, Sarvesh, Kavita and Rizwana, he said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of life in the boat capsize tragedy in Bijnor and directed officials to undertake relief and rescue work at war footing.
He has directed the district magistrate to make available a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the family members of each of the deceased within 24 hours, the Chief Minister's Office said in a statement. (PTI)
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