Another fire at KTM colony again

Sandhu said that the reason behind the fire was not yet found and ruled out the possibility of a short circuit being the culprit as there were no power connections in the jhuggis.

Kharar SDM Avtar Chand Sharma immediately rushed to site and reviewed the whole situation. He said that the involvement of some anti-social elements in the incidents cannot be ruled out. He asked the mill authorities to arrange to provide financial assistance to the affected mill workers to rehabilitate them. The SDM directed them to install hydrants in the mill premises and get some fire fighting arrangements which were non-existing at present.

Sharma said that detailed report of both the incidents has been sent to the district administration for necessary action. He has also asked the Kharar DSP to conduct a probe into the incidents to avert the reoccurrence of such incidents. Meanwhile, Rajinder Puri, general manager of KTM when contacted, said a sum of Rs 1,000 each had been advanced to all the affected workers.