05-05-2025
Building blown off in blast at explosive manufacturing unit near Coimbatore
A building of a licenced explosives manufacturing unit near Sulthanpet in Coimbatore district was blown off following a blast on Monday. No employees were present in the building at the time of the explosion.
The police said the blast occurred in a building of Ganesh Explosives Private Limited at Puliyamarathupalayam, around five km off Pollachi - Palladam Road, within the jurisdiction of the Sulthanpet police station on Monday noon.
According to the police, the explosion took place in a machinery room, where materials for gunpowder preparation were being handled, at 12.10 p.m. The machinery and the building were blown off in the impact of the explosion.
No employees were affected in the impact of the collision as employees stay out of the machinery room whenever processing of explosives is carried out.
The police said Dehradun-based Rajesh Jain had been running the explosive manufacturing unit through licensee V. Chandraguptan, a resident of Sulthanpet. The unit was legally licensed and had been in operation for the past 25 years, said the police.
A team of officials visited the place and a detailed investigation was under way to ascertain the cause of the explosion, the police added.
