Sakti power plant explosion: Death toll climbs to 20 in Chhattisgarh

The death toll in Tuesday’s (April 14, 2026) boiler tube explosion in a power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district climbed to 20 on Wednesday (April 15, 2026), while 16 others remain hospitalised, a senior police officer said.

Till late Tuesday evening, 14 workers were reported dead. The deceased included six workers from West Bengal and five from Chhattisgarh, while the remaining were from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, said Prafull Thakur, Superintendent of Police, Sakti.