Skip to content
Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Primary Menu Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us
  • Featured
  • Politics & Society

Factory Owner, Manager Nabbed After Delhi’s Deadliest Fire In 20 Years

Dec 9, 2019 | Pratirodh Bureau

Members of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) head towards the site of a fire that swept through a factory where labourers were sleeping, in New Delhi on December 8, 2019

Police in New Delhi have arrested the owner and manager at a factory where 43 people perished in the Indian capital’s deadliest fire in 20 years, a spokesman said on Monday.

The blaze started early Sunday morning when more than a hundred workers were sleeping in the four-storey building located in a residential part of Delhi.

The factory, which made school bags and toys according to Indian media, was packed with combustible materials like paper, plastic and cardboard, causing it to burn for hours before being brought under control.

“We have arrested the owner and a manager of the factory where the fire broke out, and initiated an investigation which is going to be completed soon,” Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Delhi police spokesman, told Reuters.

Most workers employed at the unit used to live in the factory itself, cooking meals there. The Indian Express quoted one of the victims who had telephoned a neighbour in his hometown in central India saying he was trapped and going to die soon and that he should take care of his family.

Fire engines had struggled to access the congested lane where the building was located, witnesses said.

Frequent raids by civic authorities to enforce building codes, fire safety measures and evacuation procedures have failed to curb violations in the rapidly expanding city of around 20 million people.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a compensation of 1 million rupees ($13,933) for the families of those killed.

On Monday morning, more fire engines were dispatched to the factory to douse a small fire caused by burning waste.

Tags: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, factory fire, National Disaster Response Force, NDRF, New Delhi

Continue Reading

Previous Elon Musk’s Defamation Win May Reset Legal Landscape For Social Media
Next Health Experts Warn Of Emerging Threat Of Nipah Virus

More Stories

  • Featured

Texas Shooting: Biden Says “We Have To Act”

1 hour ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Twin Crises Of Heat & Floods Expose Neglect

2 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Polarisation Affecting India’s Growth: Basu

19 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • Texas Shooting: Biden Says “We Have To Act”
  • Twin Crises Of Heat & Floods Expose Neglect
  • Polarisation Affecting India’s Growth: Basu
  • Monkeypox: What Is It & How Can We Prevent Its Spread?
  • Af Women TV Presenters Vow To Fight Order To Cover Faces
  • CAA Protests Against Unjust Law, Not Against Sovereign: Umar Khalid
  • Assam: Opposition Decries Bulldozer ‘Revenge’
  • Ukraine: Russian Soldier Jailed For Life In First War Crimes Trial
  • Time To Tax The Rich: Oxfam At Davos
  • ‘Farmers Can Change Govt, If They Want’
  • War Through The Eyes Of Ukrainian Kids
  • ‘Ample Suspicion’ Yet Court Acquits Two Cops Of Tribal Girl’s Rape, Murder
  • Hindu College Prof Held For Post On ‘Shivling’ At Gyanvapi Mosque
  • North India Caught In Vicious Cycle Of Forest Fires, Heatwaves
  • ‘Pavlovian Response’: India Rejects Remarks By Bilawal Zardari At UN
  • Pegasus Row: SC Grants More Time To Panel To Submit Report
  • Climate Change: Extreme Heat Waves In India 100 Times More Likely
  • The Dark Side Of Social Media Influencing
  • Yasin Malik Convicted In Terror Funding Case
  • Calling Out Racism, In All Its Forms And Garbs

Search

Main Links

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us

Related Stroy

  • Featured

Texas Shooting: Biden Says “We Have To Act”

1 hour ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Twin Crises Of Heat & Floods Expose Neglect

2 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Polarisation Affecting India’s Growth: Basu

19 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Monkeypox: What Is It & How Can We Prevent Its Spread?

21 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Af Women TV Presenters Vow To Fight Order To Cover Faces

1 day ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • Texas Shooting: Biden Says “We Have To Act”
  • Twin Crises Of Heat & Floods Expose Neglect
  • Polarisation Affecting India’s Growth: Basu
  • Monkeypox: What Is It & How Can We Prevent Its Spread?
  • Af Women TV Presenters Vow To Fight Order To Cover Faces
Copyright © All rights reserved. | CoverNews by AF themes.