Nine people including seven employees of Telangana state power generation corporation (TSGenco) were killed and eight others injured– three of them seriously– in a major fire mishap at the Srisailam Left Bank Hydel Power Station (SLBHP) late on Thursday night, officials said.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh to the family of deputy engineer Venkatesh Goud and Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the eight other deceased. He also assured that one member of every bereaved family will be given a job, apart from other departmental benefits.
The SLBHP is on the Telangana side of the Srisailam reservoir on Krishna river– a joint irrigation project between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The power house was constructed inside a two-km long tunnel under the Nallamala hill range adjacent to the reservoir.
