IT Minister Nara Lokesh said ₹25 lakh would reach each Visakhapatnam steel blast family today, promised long-term support, and defended the plant's future.

Eight workers died and six were injured in a blast at the RINL Visakhapatnam steel plant; Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy announced ₹25 lakh for each family.

Pawan Kalyan and Nara Lokesh visited the injured and bereaved after the Visakhapatnam steel plant blast; the TDP sought a safety audit and high-level inquiry.

IT Minister Nara Lokesh said ₹25 lakh would reach each Visakhapatnam steel blast family today, promised long-term support, and defended the plant's future.

IT Minister Nara Lokesh alleged the YSRCP government tried to destroy the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and asked Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to apologise to workers.