HYDERABAD: Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao on Monday said he has directed officials to get a safety audit done for all factories and manufacturing units in the state within a week or face stringent action.
The directive comes against the backdrop of a fire mishap at a COVID-19 Care Centre in Vijayawada on Sunday and a few industrial accidents, including a gas leak, in Visakhapatnam earlier.
"Directed Industry Department secretary @jayesh_ranjan Garu to get a thorough industrial safety audit done for all factories and manufacturing units in Telangana within a week.
Non-compliance of safety norms will be dealt with strictly, he tweeted.