Turbine operator Jagdish Singh, Lokesh and security guard Pradeep fell unconscious and later died when they tried to stop the leakage from a turbine of the distillery plant of Upper Ganges Sugar Mill yesterday, they said.
Two guards Kashinath and Vijay also became unconscious and were rushed to a hospital from where they were referred to Moradabad.
Executive president of the mill Sukhveer Singh announced that the widows of the deceased employees, Jagdish and Lokesh, would continue to receive salaries of their husbands.
An interim relief of Rs 1.25 lakh and due compensation would also be paid to them, he added.
