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Sigachi Blast Families March on Collectorate Over Unpaid Compensation and Missing Bodies

Victims’ kin are filing High Court petitions to compel authorities to fulfill their promises

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Overview

  • No bereaved family has received the ₹1 crore ex-gratia for the deceased or the promised ₹10 lakh for the injured
  • Eight workers’ bodies remain unreturned and relatives still lack death certificates for proper rites
  • T. Harish Rao led victims’ families in protests at the Sangareddy Collectorate to press for immediate relief
  • Critically injured workers have been paid just ₹50,000 each and face mounting medical and living expenses
  • The NGO Scientists for People has filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking enforcement of the government’s compensation pledges