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Death toll in Vizag steel-plant explosion rises to 16

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

Assistant General Manager, steel melting shop (SMS), M B R S Sarma, who was shifted to Mumbai a few days back for quality medical care, died this morning, according to sources.

The explosion had occurred at 'oxygen control unit' near the SMS-II at the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) on the night of June 13.

General Manager (Projects) D S Kalsi and a private company employee R Bhattacharya were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mumbai while Deputy Manager Prabhakara Rao was being treated at a hospital here, sources said adding that their condition was critical.

  

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First Published: Jun 18 2012 | 5:06 PM IST

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