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NTPC blast toll rises to 30, over 100 injured: top 10 developments

On Wednesday, a newly commissioned 500 Mw power generating unit in Unchahar near Lucknow in UP witnessed an explosion

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Smoke billowing out of NTPC’s Unchahar power plant, in Raebareli district, that saw an explosion on Wednesday. Photo: PTI

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
A blast in an Uttar Pradesh thermal electricity plant operated by NTPC has so far claimed the lives of 30 people and injured more than 100, and the toll is expected to rise as many are still feared to be trapped inside the unit.

Death toll in #NTPCExplosion raises to 30: Rajiv Kumar, Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 2, 2017

On Wednesday, a newly commissioned 500 Mw power generating unit in Unchahar, near Lucknow, witnessed an explosion when the boiler pipe in the unit burst sending a

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