Chennai, Aug 1 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (TNSHRC) has called for a report from the District collector and police superintendent on the recent explosion in a firecracker godown in Krishnagiri on July 29. Nine people lost their lives and 11 are grievously injured in the firecracker blast at the godown. The TN […]
Chennai, July 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu revenue department will conduct regular inspections at firecracker factories and godowns. This is following the recent explosions at Virudhunagar and Krishnagiri districts of the state. In an explosion at a firecracker factory in Sivakasi, Virudhunagar district, two women died. A couple of days later a major explosion in a […]
Chennai, July 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the families of the two women who died in a firecracker explosion in Sivakasi city in Virudhunagar district on Tuesday. Stalin in a statement on Wednesday said, “I was deeply saddened to hear that two people […]
Chennai, July 25 (BPNS) Two women workers died in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred during the afternoon. The deceased are identified as Murugeswari and Banu. Police said that the explosion occurred due to friction when the two women workers were handling the explosive material for making […]
Chennai, Mar 23 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, KKSSR Ramachandran said that the greed of the owners and negligence of workers is leading to the explosions in small firecracker units. He was responding to a calling attention motion in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Thursday on the accident at a cracker […]
Chennai, Mar 16 (BPNS) Two people have reportedly died in a firecracker unit blast in Penagram in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred on Thursday morning. The cracker unit, according to the information available is placed close to a residential area and hence it is yet to be ascertained on the exact […]
Chennai, Mar 16 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh to the families of two women who died in the firecracker blast in Dharmapuri on Thursday forenoon. The Chief Minister also announced a solatium of Rs 1 lakh to the injured person. It may be recalled that […]
Chennai, Jan 20( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government is for taking strong measures to ensure safety in fireworks factories in Sivakasi and other areas of the state. This is following the three deaths on Thursday in two separate accidents. More than 11 people are critically injured in the two fire mishaps at Sivakasi with most […]
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) A worker died in a blast at a fireworks factory at Virudhunagar on Thursday while another worker is grievously injured. The deceased is identified as Ravi (60). The injured worker is Jayaraj (60). The fireworks factory owned by Krishnamoorthy at Sengamalapatti has more than 40 sheds and 100 workers working in […]
Chennai, Oct 24 (BPNS) The 6000 crore fireworks industry of Sivakasi which has turned mainly into green crackers is now planning to tap the international firecracker industry hitherto dominated by Chinese players. While China has a huge global footprint in the export market of fireworks with an annual turnover of Rs 26000 crore, the Sivakasi […]
