Provincial Minister for Labour and Human Resource Ashfaq Sarwar has announced financial assistance amounting to Rs 900000 each to the heirs of two victims of Rai Wind Road, Refrigerator Factory, CP Plant blast incident. The heirs will be given Rs 400000 each as compensation money by the owners of the factory whereas Rs 500000 each as death grant from Punjab Workers Welfare Board as permissible in the rules.
Minister Labor Raja Ashfaq Sarwar ordered District Officer Labor Lahore Chaudhry Nasarrullah to hold an immediate inquiry into the incident and submit a comprehensive report regarding the facts behind the incident to his office within 24 hours. According to the initial details provided by DOL Chaudhry Nasarrullah, the incident occurred at a Refrigerator factory situated at Rai Wind Road, Lahore due to the gas leakage in the CP Plant, causing immediate death of two factory workers due to burn injuries.