BENGALURU: It is not just the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) which is keeping a close watch on its Yelahanka gas-based power plant, which witnessed a blast early on Friday, but even the locals. An experts’ committee, comprising officials from KPCL, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and General Electric (GE), is being constituted to investigate the mishap.
While the officials are waiting for a report to buttress their claim that it was a freak accident, locals want the plant shut down for good. Members of the Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust have already filed an interlocutory application before the National Green Tribunal, and hope that the probe report will strengthen their case.
