The death toll from the explosion at the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) on June 8 rose to nine on Wednesday. Following the incident, we have initiated a familiar chain of bureaucratic responses, including ex gratia for the bereaved families and the constitution of an expert committee for a high-level probe. But India appears to be lagging in strengthening institutional mechanisms needed to prevent such accidents.

VISAKHAPATNAM: What began as a routine shift inside the steel melting facility of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on Monday afternoon turned into one of the deadliest industrial…

Visakhapatnam district collector M Abhishikth Kishore said the accident happened at around 4.15pm in the central government undertaking. | India News

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