Hapur: The death toll in the boiler explosion in the Hapur factory rose to 13 on Sunday, informed District Magistrate Medha Roopam. With several injured in the blast that shook the Hapur district on Saturday, the police have registered an FIR under sections 286, 287, 304, 308, 337 and 338 of IPC at Dhaulana police station. Though the FIR does not mention the exact cause of the explosion, it states that firecrackers were manufactured at the factory.
Speaking to the media, Hapur District Magistrate (DM) Medha Roopam said," The factory had the permission for manufacturing electronics goods but it has to be probed what really was happening. A committee will be formed. The forensic team is currently investigating what chemical has been retrieved (in the explosion at the manufacturing factory)," she added.
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उत्तर प्रदेश के हापुड़ की केमिकल फैक्ट्री में हुआ हादसा हृदयविदारक है। इसमें जिन लोगों को जान गंवानी पड़ी है, उनके परिजनों के प्रति मैं अपनी संवेदनाएं व्यक्त करता हूं। घायलों के इलाज और दूसरी हर संभव सहायता में राज्य सरकार तत्परता से जुटी है: PM @narendramodi
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— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 4, 2022उत्तर प्रदेश के हापुड़ की केमिकल फैक्ट्री में हुआ हादसा हृदयविदारक है। इसमें जिन लोगों को जान गंवानी पड़ी है, उनके परिजनों के प्रति मैं अपनी संवेदनाएं व्यक्त करता हूं। घायलों के इलाज और दूसरी हर संभव सहायता में राज्य सरकार तत्परता से जुटी है: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 4, 2022
Meanwhile, the Kisan Mazdoor Sangh took to the streets to stage protests against the deaths caused by the explosion. "We demand compensation of Rs 1 crore each to the affected families & sealing of all illegally-run factories," said Brahm Sing Rana, the State president of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday also expressed grief over the loss of lives due to a blast at a chemical factory.
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"The loss of lives due to a blast in the boiler at the chemical factory in Hapur is extremely heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the kin of the deceased," he said in a tweet in Hindi. "Authorities concerned have been directed to hurry up with the relief work and have been ordered to take the injured persons for their treatment," the Hindi tweet read further.
As per the CMO, he has also directed officials to provide every possible assistance to the kin of the deceased and probe the matter. "After reaching the spot, the Chief Minister directed the district administration and officials to provide every possible assistance to the kin of the deceased and have given the instructions to probe the matter," the CMO said in a series of Hindi tweets.
While the Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation General Vijay Kumar Singh have also expressed their deep condolences for the mishap in Hapur. As per the officials, at least thirteen people were killed and nineteen others suffered injuries after a boiler exploded at a chemical factory in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district, earlier on Saturday, and multiple fire tenders reached the spot. The police have been investigating the matter. People who sustained injuries during the explosion were shifted to the hospital and were being taken care of, it said.
