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Article: Rs.1 lakh for kin of Jharkhand labourers killed at Balco
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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Ranchi, Sep. 27 -- Jharkhand Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Sunday announced compensation of Rs.1 lakh for the kin of each of those labourers from the state who were killed in a Balco power plant in Chhattisgarh last week.
Around 50 labourers, including 13 from Jharkhand, were killed when an under-construction chimney collapsed in the Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) in Chhattisgarh's Korba town Sep 26.
"The number of labourers killed may go up as the rescue operation is still going on at the proposed power plant. The labour department officials will ensure that the bodies ...