Following the mishap at the plant tension prevailed in the premises. The deceased identified as Jogendra Jadav of Chhattisgarh, who was engaged in the plant work by a contractual agency.
Other workers gather at the accident spot near under-construction boiler and went berserk following the accident which claimed life of a co-worker. They alleged that due to the negligence of the agency the worker lost his life in the accident.
For the construction of plant, Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd had signed a MoU with Odisha government in February 2009 to set up 700 Mw coal-based plant at a cost of Rs 3,150 crore.