Raipur, April 24, 2026: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of the boiler explosion at the Sakti Vedanta thermal power plant and issued notices to the Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report of killing and injured of workers due to a boiler tube explosion at the thermal power plant in the Sakti district of Chhattisgarh on April 14 2026.
Reportedly, the explosion released extremely hot steam engulfing the workers.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights of the victims, an NHRC statement said.
Therefore, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
It is expected to include the status of the disbursement of compensation to the affected workers as well as the health of those injured, it said.
NHRC said, according to the media report, carried on April 15, the rescue operations were initiated by the police after the boiler was shut down and cooled. The workers were admitted to different hospitals.
The death toll from the accident at the Vedanta Power Plant has risen to 24, while 12 workers are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.
