By Ruchika Sharma
Hyderabad: In a swift move following the explosion at a unit of Sigachi Industries on June 30 that claimed 38 lives, Telangana’s government has issued orders constituting a committee of experts to discover the causes and establish the sequence of events that led to the incident.The panel has been given one month to deliver a full report with specific suggestions and recommendations.The committee will be headed by Dr B Venkateswar Rao, Emeritus Scientist, at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical technology, the order said.It will also study whether the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for worker safety are adhered to or not in the industrial unit and if there was any absence or lack of or violation of compliance of chemical and industrial processes that are required to be followed by the company management in the factory, PTI reported.The committee should suggest, recommend a way forward to avoid or prevent such incidents in future in similar chemical and pharma industrial units.The Director of Factories, Telangana shall assist the committee and arrange to provide necessary requirements and information to the panel during enquiry, it added.On June 30, the state government appointed a five-member committee of senior officials headed by Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao to probe the Sigachi Industries plant blast incident.Besides Ramakrishna Rao, the committee has the Special Chief Secretary for Disaster Management, Principal Secretary of the Labour Department, Health Secretary, and Additional Director General of Fire Services as members.Meanwhile, M Dana Kishore, Principal Secretary, Labour, Employment, Training and Factories told PTI that he conducted a meeting with the enquiry committee members and some experts also participated through video conference.Director of IICT Sreenivas Reddy and Director Factories, Telangana have also participated.The team will visit the site tomorrow.Medical Dialogues reported that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, on Tuesday, assured that the state government would work closely with the company management to ensure a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the kin of the deceased.Read also: Pashamylaram Pharma blast kills 36; CM announces Rs 1 crore compensation