Raipur, A total of 196 workers have died in multiple industrial accidents across Chhattisgarh in 17 months in 2025 and this year, the state government has said, rejecting allegations by three BJP MLAs that lax enforcement of safety norms was responsible for the fatalities.
Commerce and Industry Minister Lakhan Lal Dewangan, who also holds the Labour portfolio, informed the legislative assembly on Thursday that 122 workers died in factory accidents during 2025, while another 74 lost their lives in industrial disasters up to May 2026.
