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	A massive explosion ripped a boiler at National Thermal Power Limited (NTPC) Unchahar plant in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district on Wednesday, 1 November 2017, killing at least 25 people and injuring nearly 100. The casualties have risen to 32 by Friday. Doctors warned the toll was likely to rise as more than a dozen contractual laborers were battling for life with more than 90 percent burn wounds.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theindependent.in/death-toll-from-ntpc-accident-increasing-now-32-dead/\| date= 3 November 2017\| title=Death toll from NTPC accident increasing. Now 32 dead\|website= theindependent.in}}</ref>		A massive explosion ripped a boiler at National Thermal Power Limited (NTPC) Unchahar plant in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district on Wednesday, 1 November 2017, killing at least 25 people and injuring nearly 100. The casualties have risen to 32 by Friday. Doctors warned the toll was likely to rise as more than a dozen contractual laborers were battling for life with more than 90 percent burn wounds.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theindependent.in/death-toll-from-ntpc-accident-increasing-now-32-dead/\| date= 3 November 2017\| title=Death toll from NTPC accident increasing. Now 32 dead\|website= theindependent.in}}</ref>

	In what is one of the worst industrial disasters in eight years ([[2009 Jaipur fire\|~~after~~ Jaipur's ~~India~~ Oil fire in 2009]]), local emergency response was overwhelmed with the scale of disaster. Help was sought from neighboring town and cities including Lucknow and Allahabad. Almost all the injured have been transferred to hospitals in state capital, Lucknow for better treatment.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theindependent.in/major-industrial-accident-kills-25-in-uttar-pradesh/ \|title=Major Industrial Accident kills 25 in Uttar Pradesh\| date= 2 November 2017\| website= theindependent.in}}</ref>		In what is one of the worst industrial disasters in eight years (after [[2009 Jaipur fire\|Jaipur's Indian Oil fire in 2009]]), local emergency response was overwhelmed with the scale of disaster. Help was sought from neighboring town and cities including Lucknow and Allahabad. Almost all the injured have been transferred to hospitals in state capital, Lucknow for better treatment.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theindependent.in/major-industrial-accident-kills-25-in-uttar-pradesh/ \|title=Major Industrial Accident kills 25 in Uttar Pradesh\| date= 2 November 2017\| website= theindependent.in}}</ref>

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{{short description|NTPC Plant in Raebareli}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant
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|country = India
|location = [[Unchahar]], [[Raebareli District|Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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'''Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant''' is located at [[Unchahar]] in [[Raebareli district]] in Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=34&lang=en |title=Power Generation |publisher= National Thermal Power Corporation| website= ntpc.co.in}}</ref> The power plant is one of the [[coal]] based power plants of [[NTPC Limited]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=83&lang=en |title=Coal Based Power Stations |publisher= National Thermal Power Corporation| website= ntpc.co.in}}</ref> In the year 1992, Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (U.P.S.E.B.) transferred Unchahar Thermal Power Station to [[NTPC Limited]] against payment overdue and later on renamed it to [[Feroze Gandhi]] Unchahar Thermal Power Plant by [[NTPC Limited]].

==Description==
Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant has an installed capacity of {{convert|1550|MW}}, inclusive of Fourth Stage, that got operational in April 2017. The First unit was commissioned in November 1988. The [[coal]] for the plant is derived from [[North Karanpura Coalfield]]. The water source is from Sarda Sahyak Canal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=305&Itemid=83|title=Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant|publisher= National Thermal Power Corporation | website= ntpc.co.in}}</ref>

===Installed capacity===
{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status
|-
| First || 1 || 210 || 1988 November || Running
|-
| First || 2 || 210 || 1989 March || Running
|-
| Second|| 3 || 210 || 1999 January || Running
|-
| Second || 4 || 210 || 1999 October || Running
|-
| Third || 5 || 210 || 2006 September || Running
|-
| Fourth || 6 || 500 || 2017 April || Running<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bhel-commissions-500-mw-unit-of-ntpc-s-plant-in-up-2380007| title= BHEL commissions 500 MW unit of NTPC's plant in UP| website= dnaindia.com| date= 3 April 2017 }}</ref>
|}

==2017 Boiler explosion==
{{main|2017 NTPC power plant explosion}}
A massive explosion ripped a boiler at National Thermal Power Limited (NTPC) Unchahar plant in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district on Wednesday, 1 November 2017, killing at least 25 people and injuring nearly 100. The casualties have risen to 32 by Friday. Doctors warned the toll was likely to rise as more than a dozen contractual laborers were battling for life with more than 90 percent burn wounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theindependent.in/death-toll-from-ntpc-accident-increasing-now-32-dead/| date= 3 November 2017| title=Death toll from NTPC accident increasing. Now 32 dead|website= theindependent.in}}</ref>

In what is one of the worst industrial disasters in eight years ([[2009 Jaipur fire|after Jaipur's India Oil fire in 2009]]), local emergency response was overwhelmed with the scale of disaster. Help was sought from neighboring town and cities including Lucknow and Allahabad. Almost all the injured have been transferred to hospitals in state capital, Lucknow for better treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theindependent.in/major-industrial-accident-kills-25-in-uttar-pradesh/ |title=Major Industrial Accident kills 25 in Uttar Pradesh| date= 2 November 2017| website= theindependent.in}}</ref>

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