Hyderabad, July 2
Search for 13 missing workers following the blast at a pharmaceutical unit at Pashamyalaram near Hyderabad continued on Wednesday.
More than 48 hours after the blast at Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd., which claimed the lives of 36 workers, the rescue teams continued clearing debris.
According to officials, 13 workers were still missing, and it is feared that they were trapped under the debris of the three-storey building, which collapsed under the impact of the blast.
The search teams have deployed huge cranes and JCBs to clear the debris at the blast site in Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district, about 50 km from Hyderabad.
Heavy rain in the area on Tuesday night hampered the search operation. The rescue workers resumed the operation on Wednesday morning.
Personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) and police were engaged in the search operation.
The factory was rocked by a blast on Monday morning. According to officials, 143 individuals were at the factory at the time of the explosion in the Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) drying unit.