Explosion causes sorrow at Indian biogas plant

An explosion at a biogas factory in Maharashtra, India claimed two lives on 15 January.

A third person was critically injured on the site of the under construction Solapur Bioenergy (SB) facility on the outskirts of the town.

The source of the explosion has been attached by local police to some drilling and welding work near a cement tank which caused a gas leak.

It has been reported by local news sources that the police will register a case against SB for causing death by negligence under the Indian Penal Code.