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The owners of Sri Surya firecrackers unit, Adabala Arjun and Adabala Veerababu, is believed to person engaged 31 workers, against the 8 permitted by the Labour Department to run the unit, starring to the nonaccomplishment of 21 lives successful the blast astatine the portion astatine Vetlapalem colony successful Kakinada territory connected Saturday.
Of the 10 survivors, lone 2 workers are retired of danger; the remainder of them are battling for beingness with much than 70% burns. Adabala Srinivasa Rao (55) of Vetlapalem village, begetter of Arjun and Veerababu, was besides killed successful the blast. He had been asked by his sons to show the enactment astatine the portion until they returned aft luncheon interruption connected Saturday.
Speaking to The Hindu, Minister for Labour Vasamsetty Subhash said: “The proprietor of Sri Surya fireworks is authorised to prosecute lone 8 workers and store a maximum of 15 kg of explosives astatine the unit. However, helium engaged 31 workers to proviso crackers for a section festival and 3 weddings.”
Arjun and Veerababu owned 3 firecracker units: 2 successful Vetlapalem, including Sri Surya firecracker unit, and 1 successful Rayavaram Mandalam successful Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, successful which six workers were burnt successful a blast successful October 2025, alleged Mr. Subhash.
Mr. Subhash added that determination was nary technological clarity connected the nonstop quantity of crackers that exploded and the nonstop crushed that triggered the blast. The Forensic squad has rushed to the tract to cod the grounds to found the quality and origin of the blast.
Distribution of ex gratia
Minister for Home Vangalapudi Anitha, Mr. Subhash, Minister for Tourism Kandula Durgesh and Kakinada MP Tangella Uday Srinivas connected Sunday handed implicit cheques for ₹20 lakh successful ex gratia to each of the 20 families of those who were burnt live successful the blast.
Death toll successful the blast touched 21 aft a 35-year-old worker, Vemagiri Lovaraju of Samarlakota town, succumbed to burns astatine the Government General Hospital, Kakinada connected Sunday. The post-mortem introspection was conducted by aboriginal greeting astatine the Community Health Centre successful Samarlakota town. The household members of the deceased performed his past rites the aforesaid day.
The officials acrophobic remained tight-lipped astir the incident. When contacted connected Sunday, East Godavari Collector Sagili Shan Mohan and Superintendent of Police G. Bindu Madhav declined to talk connected the explosive worldly utilized successful the firecracker portion and connected the constitution of a committee to probe the blast. A elder constabulary authoritative associated with the probe into the blast told The Hindu that a probe had begun and the accused were being questioned.
