New Delhi, April 7 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the north Delhi district magistrate to provide details about the compensation disbursed to the kin of workers killed and to those injured during fire at a Narela factory last year.
Four workers had died and several others injured when a fire broke out and caused a blast in a food processing unit in Narela Industrial Area on June 8, 2024. The green tribunal had taken suo motu cognisance of the incident based on a media report.
In a recent order, a bench led by NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said, "The district magistrate, north, appearing virtually has informed that four people had died in the accident and Rs 10 lakh will be paid to the legal representatives ...