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Twelve people were killed in the blast that took place on May 17 in an illegal firecracker unit at Khadikul village of Egra subdivision in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. Alok (19) was one of them.
At least seven people were killed and several injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. The explosion took place in a two-storey house, critically injuring the building's owner. The incident has triggered a political controversy, with opposition parties demanding a probe by the National Investigation Agency. This is not the first incident of its kind in West Bengal, and the state government has been accused of not taking enough action to stop illegal firecracker manufacturing. | Latest News India
Consequent to successive explosions and fire incidents at illegal fire-cracker factories and warehouses claiming around 20 lives in the last couple of weeks, the West Bengal government has decided to set up its own green-cracker cluster in the ...
"Our government has decided that in the next two weeks, a report will be prepared under the leadership of the Chief Secretary, under which a green firecracker cluster will be formed," Banerjee said.
Kolkata/Egra/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the Khadikul village under the Sahara Panchayat Area at Egra in East Midnapore district where eleven people lost their lives in a gruesome explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on May 16.