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Sakti Vedanta blast claims 17 lives; Industrial death toll crosses 300 in three years in Chhattisgarh

By Shishir Roy Chowdhury
Raipur, Apr 15 (UNI) At least 17 workers lost their lives in a boiler explosion at a Vedanta power plant in Sakti on Tuesday. The tragedy has pushed Chhattisgarh’s industrial death toll past 300 in just three years, and has once again brought questions of industrial safety to the forefront.
Questions are being raised as the state continues to expand its industrial base while safety enforcement struggles to keep pace.
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