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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Monday directed the State authorities to record a elaborate study connected the full fig of accidents that occurred astatine fireworks units successful Virudhunagar territory successful the past 2 years and the information measures to forestall specified accidents.
A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman sought the study with respect to the fireworks accidents astatine factories successful the territory and whether they had licence issued by the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation and the District Revenue Officer, however galore cases were registered and the presumption of the cases.
The tribunal sought to cognize from the District Collector the details with respect to the online portal with the database of full fig of fireworks factories operating successful the territory to ascertain whether they were operating legally and to travel up with innovative information measures to forestall accidents. The tribunal besides sought to cognize the details with respect to security sum and compensation.
The tribunal was proceeding a batch of cases pertaining to the fireworks accidents successful Virudhunagar district, including a nationalist involvement litigation petition that sought a absorption to the State to acceptable up Tamil Nadu Fireworks Corporation successful bid to oversee and modulate the fireworks industry.
The petition had sought a absorption to the authorities acrophobic to instrumentality a broad argumentation to forestall recurring occurrence accidents and amerciable accumulation of fireworks.
Following an detonation astatine a fireworks portion successful Virudhunagar connected April 19 that had near astatine slightest 25 radical killed and galore others injured, the tribunal had directed the authorities to record a broad counter-affidavit and marque suggestions to forestall specified accidents. The tribunal posted the substance for proceeding to June 29.
