Madhav Institute Of Technology And Science Gwalior

(M.P)

ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE

BEELP 806

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
PROF. Ashish Patra Shashwat Tiwari
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TRAINING AND ITS OUTCOME 2-10
MAJOR ACCIDENT / LOSSE IN THE 11
COMPANY
METHORDS TO AVOID SUCH ACCIDENTS 11-12
INDIA INDUSTRIAL SAFETY NORMS AND 12-19
REGULATIONS
RECENT MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN INDIA 19-26
 Where did I complete my summer trainning?

Trainning Place- North Central Railway,Gwalior(M.P)

Duration- 25/05/2019 to 25/06/2019
What is the output/ works of that factory, it's number of employees?
Workshop:- There are two workshops on the North Central Railway. The Wagon
Repair Workshop in Jhansi deal with the repairing of wagon stock of Indian
Railways and was established in 1895. Rail Spring Karkhana, Sithouli, and deals
with manufacturing of Coaching Stock springs as well as Locomotive springs. he
NCR also has an electric loco shed where the damaged engines of Magadh Express
is fitted with modern technology to run the Delhi-Howrah Duronto Express . NCR
in its effort to boost use of solar power under National Solar Mission has selected
Vivaan Solar, a company from Gwalior to install a total of 1.5 MW rooftop solar
power project at the wagon repair workshop of Jhansi Junction railway station. The
company will install rooftop solar panels on production sheds and service buildings
of the complex

Staff Members:- The NCR has 69,644 staff members

Sl. Designation/Station Name of CUG NO.

No. Officer
S/Shri
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
1 DRM/NCR/ALD AMITABHA 9794837000
2 ADRM(OP)/NCR/ALD A K GUPTA 9794837001
3 ADRM(INFRA)/NCR/A ANAMUL HAQUE 7497950002
L

D
4 ADRM(G)/NCR/ALD ANURAG AGRAWAL 7497950003
 STORE DEPARTMENT
1 SR. DMM/ ALD ASHOK KUMAR 9794837770
2 AMM/ALD UMESH CHANDRA 7525001625
PANDEY
INFORMATION & TECHONOLOGY CENTRE
1 SR. E.D.P.M./ALD 9794837051

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
1 SR. DPO/ALD ABHISHEK RANJAN 9794837600
2 DPO /ALD MUKESH KHARE 9794837602
3 DPO/LAW/ALD K L JAISWAR 9794837601
4 A.P.O./ALD LUV KUSH 9794837605
5 APO/NCR/ALD 9794837691
6 APO/ALD 9794837604
7 APO/ALD 9794837603
8 PRINCIPAL/NCRIC/TDL 9412875354
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
1 SR. DCM/ALD ANU MANI TRIPATHI 9794837950
2 DY CTM/CNB AKHLAQ AHMAD 9794837951
3 D.C.M./ALD ASHUTOSH SINGH 9794837952
4 D.T.M./ALD JITENDRA TIWARI 9794837953
5 A.C.M./ALD PRANJLYA PARTH 9794867817
 LATHE
6 A.C.M./ALD SK SRIVASTAVA 9794837954
7 A.C.M./ALD SIMA TIWARI
8 A.C.M. /TDL AMAN VARMA 9794837954
OPERATING DEPARTMENT
1 SR.DOM/ALD MANNU PRAKASH 9794837900
DUBEY
2 SR.DOM/GENL/& HIMANSHU SHEKHAR 9794837901
CHG/ALD UPADHYAY
3 SR. DOM/GOODS/ALD
4 DTM/TDL BRIJESH MISHRA
5 AOM ALD LAL CHAND PAL
6 AOM/TDL
7 D.O.M./CNB ARUN PRAKASH
TRIPATHI
8 AOM/ALD VIDITTIWARI
9 AOM/PLANNING/ALD PARASHAR
10 STATION RAJPOOT

MANAGER/ALD
11 DTM/ALJN VACANT
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
1 SR.DSO/ALD V.K. GAUTAM
2 ADSO/ALD
SIGNAL & TELECOMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT
1 SR.DSTE/C/ALD P.K. RAI

2 SR. DSTE/TELE/ALD SANJEEV DIXIT

3 SR.DSTE/CNB
4 SR.DSTE/ALJN AJEET MALVIYA
5 DSTE/ALD SURENDRA SINGH
6 ADSTE/W/S/ALD NEERAJ PURI
GOSWAMI
7 A.D.S.T.E./ALD
8 ADSTE/ALD PRAVEEN KUMAR
SINGH
9 ADSTE/TELE/ALD ASHISH SAXENA
10 ASTE/TELE/SFG IQBAL QURAISHI
11 ADSTE/FTP PURUSHOTTAMLAL
12 ADSTE/CNB ANIL KUMAR SINGH
13 ADSTE/ETW DEVENDRA KUMAR
14 ADSTE/TDL ASHOK KUMAR LAL
15 ADSTE/ALJN SHUBH VASNEYA
16 ADSTE/ALJN
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
1 SR.DME/C&W/ALD
2 SR.DME/O& F/ALD PRAVEEN KAUSHAL
3 DME/CNB SHIV SINGH
4 ADME/TDL LAXMAN PRASAD
5 DME/ALD RK VARMA
6 AME/C&W/ALD
7 ADME/O&F/ALD GAURAV YADAV
8 ADME/GMC RAJIV AWASTHI
CIVIL ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT
1 SR.DEN/C/ALD ATUL GUPTA 9794837200
2 SR.DEN-I/ALD SACHIN VARMA 9794837201
3 SR. DEN-II/ALD SANTOSH KUMAR 9794837202
GUPTA
4 SR. DEN-III/ALD VIVEK KUMAR 9794837211
5 SR. DEN-IV/ALD ASHWANI KUMAR 9794837203
YADAV
6 SR. DEN/IV/ALD 9794837204
7 ADEN/FTP J.S. TAPADIA 9794837214
8 ADEN/LINE/CNB AYUSH TIWARI 9794832215
9 ADEN/ETW 9794837217
10 ADEN/ FZD SUDHIR KUMAR 9794837218
11 DEN/TRACK/ALD AJAY SINGH 9794837206
12 DEN/ESTATE-I/ALD S K CHAUHAN 9794837205

13 DEN/ESTATE-II/ALD PUSHKAR 9794845017

SRIVASTAVA
14 ADEN/LINE/ALD L.P. GAUTAM 9794837210
15 ADEN./HQ-I/ALD DESH RAJ SINGH 9794837212
16 ADEN/HQ-II/ALD BABURAM 9794837213
17 ADEN/SPL./ALD S.K. PARASHAR 9794837590
18 ADEN/CHUNAR U.V.SINGH YADAV 9794837208
19 ADEN/MZP 9794837209
20 ADEN/HQ-I/CNB K.N. JAUHARI 9794837216
21 ADEN/HQ-II/CNB R.K. CHANDNA 9794837596
22 ADEN/LINE/TDL RISHI KUMAR 9794837219
23 ADEN/HQ/TDL AJIT KUMAR SANT 9794837220
24 ADEN/ALJN MOHD. JAVED AKHTAR 9794837221
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
1 SR. DEE/CHG./ALD RAVI CHATURVEDI
2 ADE/CHG./ALD
3 SR. DEE/G/ALD PRAVEEN KUMAR
YADAV
4 DEE/G/ALD NEERAJ VARMA
5 ADEE/G/ALD
6 ADEE/G/CNB
7 ADEE/G/TDL RATNESH
8 SR. DEE/OP/ALD R.A.JAMALI 9794837301
9 DEE/OP./ALD N.K. MISHRA 9794869211
10 ADEE/OP/ALD 9794867099
11 ADEE/OP/CNB OM PRAKASH PATHAK 9794837316
12 ADEE/OP/TDL DHARMENDRA KUMAR 9794837307
13 SR. DEE/TRD/ALD AMITABH SHARMA
14 DEE/TRD/ALD SARYU PRASAD
PANDEY
15 ADEE/TRD/MZP PRAVEEN YADAV
16 ADEE/TRD/ALD SANJAY KUMAR
SAXENA
17 DEE/TRD/CNB SURENDRA KUMAR
18 ADEE/TRD/ETW SHRAWAN KUMAR
AKELA
19 DEE/TRD/TDL
22 ADEE/TRD/TDL
23 ADEE/TRD/ALJN BHAGWAN DASS
24 SR.DEE/TRS/CNB SANJAY SINGH 9794837305
25 DEE/TRS/CNB 9794837310
26 ADEE/TRS/CNB 9794845005

27 ADEE/TRS/CNB 9794845006
28 ADEE/TRS/CNB MISS PRATIBHA GUPTA 9794868938
29 SR. DEE/TMS/CNB 9794837304
30 ADEE/TMS/CNB UDAL SINGH 9794837303
31 PRINCIPAL/ETC/CNB SANJAI KUMAR 9794837315
BANSAL
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
1 C.M.S./ALD
2 CMS/CNB
3 SR. DMO/ALD DR. C.C. SAXENA
4 SR. DMO/ALD DR. VINEET AGARWAL
5 SR. DMO/ALD DR. KUMKUM TANDON
6 SR. DMO/ALD DR. RUPA KAPIL
7 SR. DMO/ALD DR. SUMANT BHEL
8 SR. DMO/ALD DR. R.J. CHAUDHARY
9 SR. DMO/ALD DR. S.K. HANDOO
10 SR. DMO/ALD DR. YASHODA KUMARI
11 SR. DMO/ALD DR. MANJU LATA
12 SR. DMO/ALD DR. RAKESH NIGAM
13 SR. DMO/ALD DR. V.K.MAURYA
14 SR. DMO/CNB DR. SANJAY
SRIVASTAVA
15 SR. DMO/CNB DR. A.K. DUTTA
16 SR. DMO/CNB DR. DEVENDRA
KUMAR
17 SR. DMO/ALD DR. S. DUTTA
18 SR. DMO/CNB DR. RAVINDRA
PRASAD

19 SR. DMO/CNB DR. REKHA RANI

20 SR. DMO/CNB DR. SHOBHA DAYAL
21 SR. DMO/CNB DR. TULIKA MISHRA
22 SR. DMO/CNB DR. NIDHI KATIYAR
23 SR. DMO/CNB DR. SARITA
CHAUDHARY
24 DDS/CNB DR. SONIA GOEL
25 DMO/ALD DR. USHA S.P. YADAV
26 DMO/ALD DR. ANURAG YADAV
27 DMO/ALD DR. ANURADHA
28 DMO/ALD DR. SS. NAIK
29 DMO/SFG DR. ASHISH AGARWAL
30 DMO/CNB DR. M. KUMAR
31 SR. DMO/MZP DR. ANITA GUPTA
32 SR.DMO/FTP DR. ALTAF AHMAD
33 SR. DMO/KRJ DR. K.K. GUPTA
34 SR. DMO/TDL DR. RAJIV SRIVASTAVA
35 SR. DMO/TDL DR. A.K. VARSHNEY
36 SR. DMO/ALJN DR. ALOK SUMAN DEO
37 SR. DMO/CNB DR, NEELIMA
38 SR. DMO/MZP DR. PRAKASH MURMU
39 DMO/TDL DR. AVINASH KUMAR
40 DMO/TDL DR. UMESH CHANDRA
41 DMO/FAZALGANJ DR. RAFI AHMAD
42 ADMO/CNB DR. NEERASRIVASTAVA
43 ADMO/TDL DR. R.K. CHUGH
44 ADMO/ALD DR. AJAY KUMAR
45 ADMO/ALD DR. SANJAY KUMAR
46 ADMO/CAR DR. PARVEZ AHMAD
47 DMO/ALD DR. GAUTAM SEN
ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
1 SR. DFM/NCR/ALD RAVI PATEL 9794837100
2 DFM-I/NCR/ALD GARRGI UMRAO 9794837101
 3 DFM-II/NCR/ALD M. H. ANSARI 9794837103
4 DFM/-IIIALD Dr. GARIMA TRIPATHI 9794837102
5 ADFM/ALD AMAN SIDDIQUI
6 ADFM/ALD 9794835118
7 ADFM/ALD 9794835513
SECURITY DEPARTMENT
1 SR. D.S.C.(RPF)/ALD RK CHAUDHARY 9794837700
2 ASC/RPF/ALD 9794837701
3 ASC/RPF/ALD 9794837702
4 A.S.C./RPF/CNB 9794837703
5 ASC/RPF/TDL 9794837704
6 ASC/RPF/ALJN 9794837705

MAJOR ACCIDENTS/ LOSSES

.Accident occurs:-Overload,short circuit, human error, subotage etc.
Some of accidents
Short Circuit- A metal object touching the track such as a tool or watch strap. A
derailment - either a locomotive or some other rolling stock shorting opposite
phase rails.
Human Error- there are many areas for the occurrence of human error in railway
operation, the three typical ones are as follows Signal passing
,Train speed ,Signalling or dispatching
Fire Hazards- due the short circuits in transformer or fire in electrical panel.
Equipment Damage –damage of euipment in substation due to the failure in cooling
system.
Others hazards are high level noise due to improper operation of equipments

. How to avoid such accidents?

Way to reduce the effect of shorts circuits on your railroad is to divide it into power
districts. Dividing your layout into power districts by adding more boosters is the
simplest way to control the effect of a short circuit on the rest of the layout.
Human error can be minimized if automation in railway operation is adopted, and
thus lowering the probability of human errors.
The cause of an overload is the use of too many lamps and electrical devices on the
same circuit at the same time. It's possible to balance the power load by plugging
one of your high-use appliances into a different circuit.
Guard-cum-Brake Van, AC coaches and Pantry Cars in all trains are provided with
portable fire extinguishers to cater for emergencies due to fire accident

Harda twin train derailment

Accident- The Kamayani Express, which was headed to Varanasi on the down line,
derailed as flash floods (caused by Cyclonic Storm Komen) dislodged a culvert
near the Machak river, causing track misalignment. The derailment resulted in
some coaches becoming submerged in the river and some coaches blocking the up
line. The Janata Express derailed near the same spot soon after. At least 31 people
died and 100 people were injured. Several people were reported to be washed away
by the river. Six coaches of the Kamayani Express and the engine plus the four
coaches of the Janata Express derailed.
A train safely crossed the bridge ten minutes before the first derailment. The river
level was abnormally high, and flash floods gradually washed away thetrackbed,
resulting in sinking of the track. The driver of the Janata Expressapplied the brakes
but could not stop the train from derailing.
Rescue- Rescuers searched through the night for survivors and bodies. Over 300
people were rescued. The adverse weather conditions delayed the arrival of the
rescue teams. Local residents were reported to have helped initially. By the
morning of 5 August, the derailed trains had been removed and the bodies of the
victims had been recovered. Over 25 trains traveling from Mumbai, Punjab, Uttar
Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh were stopped or diverted, mainly into neighboring
Rajasthan.

Gaisal train disaster-

Accident- The crash occurred at about 1:45am on 2 August, when the Avadh
Assam Express from New Delhi was stationary at the Gaisal railway station.
Through a signaling error, the Brahmaputra Mail from Dibrugarh was transferred
onto the same track as the express train. No one on either train or in the signals and
station master's office noticed the error. As a result, Brahmaputra Mail train
crashed headlong into the front of the Avadh Assam Express. The locomotive( a
WDM-2) of Avadh Assam Express was thrown high in the air, and passengers
from both trains were blown into neighbouring buildings and fields by the force of
the explosion.
Rscue- The line was blocked by wreckage, and the Gaisal emergency services were
utterly overwhelmed, as fire swept through the ruined vehicles and station
buildings, killing many of the injured people trapped in the trains. Many vehicles
and aid support services had to undertake the 14-hour drive from Calcutta to reach
the site, by which time many of those they could have helped were already dead.
 Those who were picked up by rescuers were taken to hospitals in Kishanganj and
Islampur, which were also overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster.

Heavy rains helped dampen fires the following day, and rescue workers began
trying to separate the twelve mangled carriages of the train and identify the bodies
contained inside. Many were unrecognizable and never identified.

6. Common Risks Managed by the Railway Industry- 

Train Collisions
Derailments
Level/Grade crossing and Trespass
Railway Staff risk
Stations
Suicides

INDIAN INDUSTRIES SAFETY NORMS AND REGULATIONS

In the field of electrical engineering, engineers and other professionals get exposed to
electricity indirectly during generation, transportation, installation and usage. Such
conditions might cause hazards if accurate safety measures are not taken.

To promote the safety and the right usage of equipment, there are certain rules and
regulations formulated by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). BIS follows the
following five principles −

Safety
Ease of use and adaptability
Simple technology
Value for money products
Energy efficiency and environment
BIS has published the following code of practice for public safety standards in order to
promote the right to information, transparency and accountability in a proper manner
to the public.

Code of Practice for Electrical Wiring Installation

IS − 732 (1989)

Section − Electrical Installation

Application − Design of installation, selection and erection of equipment, inspection

and testing of wiring system

Code of practice for Earthing

IS − 3043 (1987)

Section − Electrical Installation

Application − Design, installation and calculation of Earthing system

Lightning arrester for Alternating Current System

IS − 3070 (1993)

Section − Electro technical: Surge Arresters

Application − Identification, ratings, classification and testing procedure of Arrester

Let us now consider other important codes of practice established by BIS for the
purpose of electrification. The codes are listed in the table below −

General Requirements
Sr. No. Standards & Application
1
IS:900

Installation and maintenance of Induction motors

2
IS:1271

Classification of insulating materials for electrical machinery

3
IS:1646

Fire safety of buildings (general) electrical installation

4
IS:1882

Outdoor installation of Public Address System (PAS)

5
IS:1886

Installation and maintenance of Transformers

6
IS:1913

General and safety requirements of electric lighting fittings

7
IS:2032

Graphical symbols related to electrical technology

8
IS:2274

Electrical wiring installations where system voltage is more than 658 volts

9
IS:3034

Fire safety of industrial buildings (Electrical generation and distribution stations)

10
IS:3072 (part-1)

Installation and maintenance of switchgear where system voltage is less than 1000
volts

11
IS:3106
Selection, installation and maintenance of fuse where system voltage is less than 650
volts

12
IS:3638

Guide for gas operated relays

13
IS:3646

Practice for interior illumination

14
IS:3716

Guide for insulation coordination

15
IS:3842

Guide for electrical relays for AC system

16
IS:4004

Guide for lightening arrestors (non-linear ) for AC system

17
IS:4146

Guide for voltage transformers

18
IS:4201

Guide for current transformers

19
IS:5571
Selection of electrical equipment in hazardous area

20
IS:5572

Types of hazardous areas for electrical installations

21
IS:5780

Intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and circuit

22
IS:5908

Measurement of electrical installations in buildings

Switchgear
The following table lists down the codes of practice for the maintenance of switchgear
−

General Requirements
Sr. No. Standards & Application
1
IS:375

Making and arrangement for switchgear bus-bars, main connections and auxiliary
winding

2
IS:694(part-1)

PVC insulating cables with copper conductors (where voltage is up to 100v)

3
IS:1248

Direct acting electrical indicating instruments

4
IS:2147

Degrees of protections for enclosures for switchgear and control gear (low voltage)

5
IS:2208

Guide for HRC fuse (up to 650v)

6
IS:3202

Guide for climate proofing of electrical equipment

7
IS:3231

Guide for electrical relays of power system protection

8
IS:4047

Guide for heavy duty air break switches and fuses for voltage less than 1000v

9
IS:4237

Requirements for switchgears and control gears for voltage up to 1000v

10
IS:5987

Selection of switches where voltage is up to 1000v

11
IS:335

Insulating oil for transformers and switch gear

12
IS:2516(part-1,sec-2)

AC circuit breakers (Tests for the voltage range 1000v to 11000v)

13
IS:3427

Metal enclosed switch gear and control gear for voltage within 1000v to 11000v

14
IS:722

AC electricity meters for 415 volts

15
IS:1951

PVC sleeving for electrical works

16
IS:2516(part-1sec-1 & part-2sec2)

AC circuit breaker (Tests for voltage within 1000v)

MAJOR ACCIDENTS RECENTLY OCCURRED IN INDIA

VIZAG GAS TRAGEDY-
As the Vizag gas leak that killed 12 people and landed
hundreds in hospital jolted the nation still haunted by the
Bhopal tragedy memories, many questions are being raised on
the cause of the incident at LG Polymers, efficacy of the safety
mechanisms in the plant and the reasons for the company
preferring to not obtain necessary environmental clearances.
Many from the area who fled their homes are still afraid to
come back and a few who returned complain of continuing
discomfort.

On March 7 around 3.35 am 19-year-old medical student A. Chandramouli

residing at RR Venkatapuram was suddenly woken up from his sleep by his
parents. He was unable to breathe as the air around him was filled with some
kind of pungent smell. His eyes were profusely watering and he was blinded,
say his near and dear ones. Dazed and confused due to the limited flow of
oxygen to his brain, instead of running towards the door he ran towards the
balcony and fell to death from the second floor of his house.

A similar thing happened to C. Gangaraju, in his mid thirties. Inhaling the

fumes, he staggered out of his house and fell into a well and drowned.

The fumes that the residents of RR Venkatapuram, Venkatapuram, SC-BC

Colony, Kamparapalem, Nandamuri Nagar and Padmanabha Nagar inhaled
that morning was the deadly styrene monomer vapour that leaked out of a
storage tank in LG Polymers India, a chemical plant owned by South Korea-
based LG Chem, located in RR Venkatapuram.

The incident left 12 dead and over 350 hospitalised. Over 2,000 people were
evacuated from the villages within a radius of 1.5 to 3 km from the plant.
People ran for their lives, leaving their belongings and houses unlocked.
"We are habituated to the pungent smell, as we have been inhaling it since our
birth. But we never expected that vapour would leak out in such huge quantity
and prove so dangerous," says Appalaraju, a resident of SC-BC Colony.

What could have happened

As per the initial assessment, auto-polymerisation of the liquid styrene is said
to be the cause for formation of the vapour. The plant was not operating due
to lockdown for almost 40 days and the difference in temperature at the
bottom and top portion of the tank, it is being said, has caused the vapour
formation.

The boiling point of styrene is 145° Celsius and as per District Collector V.
Vinay Chand, the temperature rose to 154° Celsius. About 1800 MT of
styrene was present in the 2400 MT capacity tank.

Many questions are being raised on the incident and are under probe. How did
the temperature rise and was it not noticed? Were the low and high
temperature inhibitors at the plant present in sufficient quantity? (Inhibitors
such as PTBC – para-tertiary butyl catechol – are used to solidify the liquid to
lower the temperature.) Was there some mechanical error in the gauges or
was there a human error?

The NDRF had flown in 500 kg of PTBC to bring down the temperature.

"Fortunately, styrene monomer vapour is heavy and does not spread to a large
area as in the case of other gases. It settles down within a radius of 1.5 km,
says Mr. Anantaram Ganapathi, who worked as the styrene plant manager in
the company.

In an affidavit in May 2019, the factory had accepted that it was operating
without obtaining the environment clearances. The company had admitted
that the unit did not have ‘environment clearance substantiating the produced
quantity, issued by the competent authority for continuing operations, and
was operating based on a consent given by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution
Control Board’.

"How did APPCB grant Consent for Establishment (CFE) and Consent for
Operation (CFO) around the beginning of 2019 for the unit ’s expansion?
APPCB did not apparently take clearance either from the State government or
from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests," alleges former
bureaucrat E.A.S. Sarma.

‘Failure of men, machines’

Apart from ensuring compensation, the government has set up a dispensary

with 10 specialist doctors to treat the people.

Despite a few ministers sleeping in the village recently to instil confidence,

many are still afraid to go back. Some of those who returned say that more
than a week after the incident the smell of vapour continues to linger and that
they are unable to come to terms with it.
 The rice stored in the house smells, the floor is sticky with vapour residue and
the government is still supplying packaged water or GVMC tankers.

"Our eyes and skin still burn. We are scared of the long-term health effects
and depression that has set in many," laments Lakshmi, a housewife.

PARICHHA THERMAL POWER PLANT CHIMNEY

COLLAPSE (2010)

At least 5 people are feared dead and more than 100 labourers are suspected to be trapped under
the debris of the 220 metre under-construction chimney of the 2x250 mw Parichha Extension
thermal power station collapsed in Jhansi district in Bundelkhand region on Monday. The
chimney, which was being built by the National Building Construction Company (NBCC) at the
cost of Rs 30 crore, was almost near completion.
Although the mishap took place during lunch break when most labourers were having food under
the chimney to avoid the blazing sun, rescue operations started late in the evening.
At present, four units of Parichha are generating 640 mw of electricity. With this, the state
governments dreams of easing the severe power crunch being faced in the state through this
project lies shattered as does the hope that the state will turn power surplus with a few years. It
may be mentioned that the state government had decided to get the Parichha extension work
done by the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL), which had handed
over the BTG contract to BHEL. BHEL, in turn, had sub-contracted the chimney contract to
NBCC. Speaking to the media before rushing off to the mishap site, states power corporation
chairman Navneet Sehgal said, the construction of the chimney had been almost completed and
one of the two 250 mw units was to be commissioned by the first week of June.
FEROZ GANDHI NTPC UNCHAHAR RAEBARELI
EXPLOSION

India's largest power producer NTPC Ltd today said it has shut a 500 MW
unit at its Unchahar coal-fired power station in Rae Bareli after an explosion
killed 29 people and injured several others.The 1,550-megawatt (MW) plant,
which supplies electricity to nine states, had reported an explosion in the
furnace beneath the boiler yesterday.
"This is to inform that Unit-6 (500 MW) of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal
Power Station, Rae Bareli, UP, is under shutdown after an accident in the
evening of November 1. The other five units of the station are operating
normally," NTPC said in a statement.
NTPC had yesterday said it has initiated a probe to ascertain the reasons
behind the blast.
At around 1530 hours yesterday, "there was sudden abnormal sound at 20-
meter elevation," it had said in a statement yesterday. "There was opening
in corner No.2 from which hot flue gases and steam escaped affecting the
people working around the area." Around 80 people were rushed to NTPC
hospital, most of them were discharged after giving first-aid, it added.
The plant employs around 870 people.
"All possible measures are being taken to provide immediate relief to the
families of affected people in close coordination with the district
administration