The explosion occurred on Thursday triggering a blaze in the chemical manufacturing unit. The government would conduct a detailed inquiry," he said."State government will bear all the expenses for their medical treatment," he had said, adding that an in-depth inquiry will be conducted into the incident. Roof of some of the houses in the vicinity STORZ COUPLING IN ALUMINUM Manufacturers were blown away while some huts were damaged. The explosion has created a big crater at the site.. The number of injured is 159, he said. The explosion occurred on Thursday triggering a blaze in the chemical manufacturing unit at Shivaji Udyog Nagar of MIDC phase-II area in Dombivali .Among the injured were those hit by flying glass shards. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had visited the blast site on Thursday and also the hospital where some of the injured were admitted.

The shock wave generated by the blast shattered the window panes of adjoining buildings and panic-stricken people were seen running helter-skelter, an eye-witness on Thursday said. Removal of debris is still on, he said, adding the National Disaster Response Force is assisting in the work.The death toll rose to six with the recovery of a body near the factory on Friday, Thane District Collector Mahendra Kalyankar told PTI.Meanwhile, the district authorities were assessing the damage caused to other properties and houses in the vicinity of the factory due to the explosion.A case was registered against the company management, Kalyankar said.

State Industries Minister Subhash Desai, who visited the site on thursday, said the government was considering shifting chemical industrial units in and around Dombivali to alternative locations for which suitable legislative changes would be effected.Police have registered a case against the company management, he said.The death toll in the massive explosion at an industrial unit in Dombivali township of the district has risen to six while 159 injured were undergoing treatment, a senior official said on Friday. "This is a serious and major incident.Chemical industries in Dombivali are likely to be shut down for a week to carry out an inspection and combing operation to ascertain implementation of various safety and security measures, the minister said

” Ms Banerjee, who first became chief minister in 2011, added: “I had dreamt of this verdict for so long, for the people of Singur. The court verdict came after several appeals filed by lawyer Kedar Nath Yadav and NGOs like Association for Protection of Democratic Rights, which challenged a Calc-utta high court ruling that found the acquisition to be valid. He said there was no “illegality” on this aspect. Ms Banerjee made the Singur land acquisition issue one of her major election planks, and promised farmers their lands would be returned. The acquisition of the “fertile multi-crop China Semi Rigid Hoses Factory agricultural land” by the West Bengal government was in violation of 1894 Land Acquisition Act, they said.Both judges agreed that the enquiry process, that led to the notification for acquisition, was not properly held and the procedure contemplated under the law was not followed.The bench found fault with the acquisition proceedings and subsequent computation of compensation by the land acquisition collector, and said the claims of the cultivators were not properly considered.”A bench of Justices V. Justice Gowda disagreed with passing a composite compensation award for the landowners.

Farmers who got compensation from the government will not return it as they were deprived of their livelihood for the past 10 years, the court said. Immediately after the ruling, Ms Banerjee termed it a landmark victory and said: “We waited for 10 years for this judgment and it is a victory of the farmers. The court order signifies a major victory for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamul Congress, which had led the protest against allocation of land for the Tata factory. The court held that the acquisition was not for a “public purpose” and thus the land should be given back to the farmers in 12 weeks.The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the acquisition of about 1000 acres of land in West Bengal’s Singur area by the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-led CPI government in 2006 for allotment to the Tatas to set up its Nano car factory.

While Justice Gowda held the acquisition of land for a company by taking it away from farmers cultivating it could not be said to be for a “public purpose”, Justice Mishra held the acquisition was valid as ultimately the acquisition was for a public purpose and funds were used from the public exchequer and the factory would have given thousands of people jobs. Now I can die in peace.“Either do as per the law or not at all,” Justice Gowda said, adding that the land acquisition collector did not assign any reasons, and said the state government did not apply its mind in issuing the notification acquiring the land for the company. Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra, in separate but concurring conclusions, held that the acquisition was illegal and not valid.The Tatas shifted the project to Gujarat in 2008, within two years of getting the land, after violent protests by Ms Banerjee’s TMC. The two judges concurred that the objections by landowners and cultivators were not considered objectively by the state authorities