The plant is operated by government-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited, in Unchahar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
[1] On 1 November 2017, at around 3:30 p.m. local time (GMT +5:30) a boiler explosion occurred at the 1,550-megawatt (MW) Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station operated by government-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited, in Unchahar, Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 38 people and injuring 100 others.
[4] According to a statement released by NTPC, "there was sudden abnormal sound at 20 m. elevation and there was an opening ... from which hot flue gases and steam escaped, affecting the people working around the area".
[7] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a statement said that he was "deeply pained by the accident at the NTPC plant in Raebareli".
[4] The National Human Rights Commission of India served a notice to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government over the death of more than 30 people in the blast, demanding an immediate high-level probe into its cause.
Siwal, Member of Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to investigate the causes of this accident and suggest measures to prevent such incidents in future.