SAFETY AUDIT OF THERMAL POWER STATION

DECEMBER 29,2020

The National Green Tribunal has passed a direction to the Centre to undertake a safety audit of thermal power stations throughout the country expeditiously while disposing of the suo moto plea initiated by it on the boiler blast wherein 15 people were dead and 8 injured.

The bench has directed to continue the remedial measures suggested in the report in future too. It also directed that the committee's report may be placed on the website of the CPCB and the State PCB for reference for at least six months.

As per the report, the Court noted that the cause of the incident is a failure of staff handling the situation who did not know the SOPs and the process. The staff was not well trained and did not have the required work permit.

Thus, the Occupier, the Head of the Operation & Maintenance and the Safety Officer, are mainly responsible for the accident.