Although microcrystalline cellulose has been recognized as an explosive particle, no corrective measure, risk assessment or analysis of the risk of dust has not been ordered, the scientist in Pil says. | Photo Credit: MoHD Arif
The High Court in Tellangana was submitted by a public interest in the public interest, looking for instructions for speeding up the investigation of a recent explosion at the chemical factory in Pashamylaram on June 30 and paying the victims. The result resulted in 46 deaths, while eight workers are missing.
Retired Scientist Kalapala Baburao Approached The Court, Making The Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Labor & Employment, Special Chief Secretaries of Disaster Management, Industries & Commerce, Home, Health, Medical & Family Control Board, Commissioner of Labor, Sangareddy District Collector and Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Sigachi Industries as Respondents.
The Pil document, quoted by the mission to determine the facts that the petitioner was part, said that most of the deceased and injured workers were migrants from states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, and worked as occasional workers for everyday wages in the range of 500-750 GBP per head. The petitioner also raised doubts about the number of workers who participated in the duty on a given day.
While the company claimed that there were only 143 workers, questions according to the fact that the mission was discovered that it was 163. Registers’ attendance and in/out the maintenance -maintained security protocols have details of the exact number of workers, but were confiscated by the police.
While the company claimed that the traces of eight workers were not found on the site of the explosion, their disappearances associated with the rocky silence of society and the police caused extreme problems for damaged families, the petitioner noted. CC camera shots could reveal whether the workers entered the factory on that day, but is deliberately delayed, claimed.
The Pil document stated that the company has not taken any measures to resolve the risk of ignition of flammable dust, nor the inspection and regulatory bodies under the 1948 factory Act fulfilled their obligations to document and penalize the absence of security protocols. This is contrary to globally recognized standards to alleviate flammable dust risks.
Furthermore, the Sigachi Industries safety sheet for microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) incorrectly stated that the product did not pose an explosion danger and ignored well-established global safety standards that classify their product-mikerrystalline cellulose-like flammable dust. This omission was supported by dangerous satisfaction, said the petitioner.
Over 35 years, the inspection carried out by the director of the factories was not consistently identified by MCC as a combustible danger of dust. Despite its widespread industrial use and international recognition as an explosion particle, no remedial measures, risk assessment, or analysis of dust (DHA) were not ordered.
The petitioner prayed for instructions on the constitution of a special investigation team to touch the case, in full payment of compensation in full victims families, immediate release of the highly powered committee announced by the main minister due to the explosion and the recognition of the hazard, which is industrial dust accumulation, among other factory regulations.
Among other things, the petitioner was looking for instructions for revealing the exact number of workers on the explosion day and a statement of eight missing workers as the deceased.
Published – July 25, 2025 9:08
