At least six persons were injured on Wednesday at India’s leading power producer in public sector NTPC’s Sipat unit in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district, a company official informed.
Public Relation officer, NTPC, Sipat, M R Sahu said that the mishap took place while some civil works was undertaken in power plant.
The injured that included one staff and five contract labourers, were immediately rushed to the plant’s medical facility and first aid was given to them, he added.
The official further said that “the plant management had initiated an internal probe into the incident and was committed for undertaking all measures necessary to ensure safety of our work force.” The NTPC’s Sipat thermal power plant has total installed capacity of 2980 MW.