A landfill dam at a coal power plant in central India collapsed, leaving two dead and four more missing, in a shocking disaster. <br /><br />The incident occurred at the Singrauli district of Maharashtra state on April 10, when the Reliance Power's Ultra Mega Power Project's (UMPP) fly ash dam collapsed. <br /><br />Fly ash dams are built to hold toxic ash buildup from the burning of coal fuel. <br /><br />The flood of the toxic ash slurry from the collapsed dam located in adjoining Harhawa village washed away six persons, including three children, a woman and two men living in the adjoining villages. <br /><br />According to Singrauli district collector, so far two bodies, identified as eight-year-old Abhishek Shah and 35-year-old Dinesh Kumar have been retrieved from the ash slurry, which flowed into a channel to the Rihand Dam around seven kilometres away. <br /><br />Four more persons, including Abhishek's nine-year-old sister Sima Kumari, their 27-year-old mother Chunkumari Shah, deceased Dinesh Kumar's three-year-old son Ankit and 28-year-old Razzad Ali are missing and feared dead, the Singrauli collector added. <br /><br />Two women Keshpati Shah (28) and Reena Kumari (26) who were injured in the incident are stated stable at the hospital.
