NTPC engineers were trying to fix boiler before blast killed 29: Probe, 3 November, 2017 

Investigations into a boiler blast that killed 29 and left scores injured on [1 November, 2017] at state-run NTPC's power plant in Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh have revealed that engineers were aware of a problem in the boiler unit commissioned just months ago and were working to fix it. In a statement, NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) officials have said that "extremely high pressure" because of ash within the boiler furnace caused it to leak, producing a disaster.

"There was no explosion in the boiler, it happened outside the boiler. We were aware of an ongoing problem and that's why the generation capacity of the plant was reduced on that day," admitted...the regional executive director of NTPC...

Questions have been raised about whether, having been aware of a problem, NTPC should have shut down the unit to prevent the deadly explosion...

The 1,550-megawatt plant, with six power generating units, supplies power to six states...

The National Human Rights Commission has called for an inquiry into whether negligence caused the explosion; it has asked the...government to give a detailed report within six weeks.