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Video: Industrial fires in India tend to follow the same tragic script with zero lessons learnt

The Bawana factory fire in New Delhi, brings to the fore concerns how regulations regarding minimum wages and safety of workers continue to be grossly neglected

Aabid Shafi
Jan 24, 2018 · 08:45 am
The two-storey firecracker factory in Delhi, where a fire killed 17 workers on January 20, 2018. | Aabid Shafi
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