Telangana Srisailam power plant fire: Five engineers among 9 killed; ‘deeply unfortunate,’ says PM Modi
Five engineers of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGenco) were among the nine killed after a massive fire swept through the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border in the early hours of Friday.
Expressing his condolences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the incident “deeply unfortunate” and said his thoughts are with the bereaved families.
The deceased were identified as Srinivas Goud (Deputy Engineer), Venkatak Rao (Assistant Engineer), Mohan Kumar (Assistant Engineer), Uzma Fathima (Assistant Engineer), Sundar (Assistant Engineer), Ram Babu (Plant attendant), Kiran (Junior plant attendant). Two employees of Amaron Battery company—Vinesh Kumar and Mahesh Kumar—were also killed in the incident.
