A major accident occurred at a thermal power plant in Koderma on Thursday during the construction of the chimney in the plant of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), four people have died due to the fall of a temporary lift.
The deceased persons include the company's project head Krishna Prasad Kodali aged 42 years and resident of Andhra Pradesh, project officer Vinod Chaudhary age 50 years resident of Nagpur, Maharashtra, Engineer Kartik Sagar, age 30 years resident of Andhra Pradesh and safety officer Naveen Kumar age 30 years and resident of Gaya, Bihar.
The accident took place at Koderma Thermal Power Station (KTPS), a 1000 MW power generating capacity plant located at Banjhedih under Jayanagar block of the district. The incident happened around 3 pm. All the deceased were working in the company named Shree Vijaya of Thermax in the plant.
Just after the incident everyone rushed to Koderma Sadar Hospital. The doctors declared all four dead. Shree Vijaya Company is doing the work of making chimneys in the plant. After the incident, the officials of the company concerned, DVC officials, reached Koderma Sadar Hospital. All those who died were temporarily residing at Bishanpur Road in Jhumri Tilaiya town and some in the plant premises. Jayanagar Police has also reached the spot and started investigation into the incident. At present, a high level meeting is being held under the leadership of Chief Engineer of Koderma Thermal Power Plant Uday Kumar regarding this matter. The reasons behind the incident are being ascertained