NTPC blast shows how health safety, environment standards are lacking

So far, the explosion at NTPC's Unchahar plant has claimed over 29 lives

The explosion in a boiler at NTPC’s Unchahar plant in Rae Bareli district has so far claimed more than 29 lives. 

For a country like India, which has industrial disasters like the Bhopal gas leak, this incident yet again shows how health safety and environment standards are lacking. Incidents like the chlorine gas leak at Jamshedpur (2008), a toluene fire at a Ranbaxy factory in Mohali (2003) and a chlorine gas leak in Vadodara (2002) are some of the black spots in India’s industrial history. 

According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 831 were killed during 2014-15 in industrial explosions alone.