Overview
- A boiler exploded at the TIL Healthcare pharmaceutical unit in Sri City SEZ on Saturday, October 3, killing five workers and injuring more than a dozen others.
- TIL Healthcare has been directed to transfer ₹50 lakh to the nominee of each deceased worker within two days, with additional workmen’s compensation cheques to follow.
- District officials published detailed total compensation figures for each family and said the state will help rehabilitate households by offering jobs for eligible dependents and education support for victims’ children.
- Sri City management and Tirupati police announced mandatory government inspections and third-party private safety audits to enforce worker-safety protocols across the industrial zone.
- Investigations into the technical cause of the blast remain under way, and authorities said casualty-related payments and formal procedures will continue while the inquiry proceeds.