Compensation of ? 50 lakh for deputy engineer Srinivas Goud's family and ? 25 lakh each for families of others who died in a fire incident at Srisailam Left Bank Hydel Power Station (SLBHP) of the Srisailam reservoir in Nagarkurnool district of the state.

According to the CMO, Mr Rao announced one job each to families of those who died and also extended other department benefits.

Nine persons trapped in SLBHP fire and lost their lives and three employees were injured who are being treated in the hospital said Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO)

Telangana Chief Minister Announces Compensation, Job To Families Of Nine Killed In Fire

Those deceased  have been identified as TSGENCO Deputy Engineer Srinivas Goud, Assistant Engineers Venkat Rao, Mohan Kumar, Fatima Ujma, plant attendant Rambabu, junior attendant Kiran and Sundar Kumar, and two technicians from Amararaja company Vinesh Kumar and Mahesh Kumar.

Earlier on Thursday, a massive fire broke out inside the powerhouse of the Srisailam left bank hydroelectric project at around 10.30 pm.

Telangana Minister for Power Jagadish Reddy, Nagarkurnool district collector L Sarman, Telangana Transco, GENCO CMD Prabhakar Rao, local MLA G Balaraju, were among those who visited the site.