ERODE: One individual was killed and one other critically injured after a gelatin stick exploded whereas breaking boulders for a water mission close to Kodumudi right here on Saturday. The Malayampalayam police have registered a case and initiated an inquiry.
A police officer recognized the deceased as V Kumar, 35, of Mettur in Salem district. He stated the incident occurred when the Tamil Nadu Water Provide and Drainage Board officers have been finishing up pipeline laying work for a water mission beneath the Central authorities’s Jal Jeevan Mission at Mannathanpalayam village close to Ganapathipalayam in Modakurichi panchayat.
He stated the contractor had roped in staff from Mettur, Nangavalli and Periyasoragai villages in Salem district for the mission. “They have been developing overhead water tanks and laying pipelines for the mission to take potable water to Modakurichi meeting section from the Cauvery river close to Kodumudi.”
On Saturday, the officer stated, the employees have been breaking boulders alongside the Cauvery river pathway to put the pipeline. “They have been utilizing gelatin sticks to interrupt the boulders. When one of many gelatin sticks didn’t explode, they have been attempting to pitch it once more at a distinct place. After they used the compressor to dig one other gap to pitch it, the gelatin stick all of the sudden exploded, killing Kumar and injuring S Ravi, 26, of Nangavalli in Salem district.”
Different staff on the mission website instantly alerted the Malayampalayam police, who took Ravi to the federal government hospital in Erode metropolis. Docs on the hospital stated the situation of Ravi was unstable and they'd maintain him in commentary for 48 hours.
The physique of Kumar was additionally taken to the identical hospital for postmortem. The physique was handed over to his kin after the post-mortem within the night.