Gas Leak at Paper Mill Chhattisgarh, 7 Hospitalised
The incident occurred at Shakti Paper Mill in Tetla village, Chhattisgarh, when the victims were cleaning an open tank on Wednesday evening.
by Monika
Updated: May 08, 2020 09:43 IST
Sever workers fell ill after inhaling the gas.
On Thursday, the police said that seven workers fell ill after inhaling the gas at a paper mill in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh. The incident took place on the very same day when there was a gas leak in Visakhapatnam, killing 11 people and 1000 hospitalized.
Raigarh Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh told the news agency PTI that the gas leak incident happened at Shakti Paper Mill in Tetla village, where the victims were cleaning an open tank on Wednesday evening.
Nevertheless, the factory owner did not inform the administration about the tragedy, which only came to be exposed after the hospital authorities alerted the police, he said.
The official stated that the mill had remained closed ever since the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, and the cleaning work was underway to resume the operation. He also added that the workers were admitted to a local hospital, and later were shifted to Raipur due to their critical condition.
Mr. Singh said that a team of forensic experts were sent to the spot to investigate the exact cause of the incident and a case will be registered soon.
7 workers of a Paper Mill hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a tank in the mill, 3 of them are in critical condition: Raigarh Superintendent of Police #Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/T5XqB3ixyQ— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2020
Check out a few tweets with #ChhattisgarhGasLeak below:
Everyone who stays within 5kms of any chemical plant/ refinery / liquid storage units please be vigilante during day and night time— St?????e????? (@izareefa_arie) May 8, 2020
There could be incidents similar to #VizagGasLeak#ChattisgarhGasLeak and#Neyveli due to unmanned processes and lack of inspection during lockdown! pic.twitter.com/UYPao1XaLq
#ChattisgarhGasLeak ...These leaks speak volumes about safety norms being followed on ground....There needs to be proper auditing, guilty must not be spared.— K Sudhir (@aloksudhirkumar) May 8, 2020
So many industrial accidents in one day throughout the country..— St?????e????? (@izareefa_arie) May 8, 2020
Just a coincidence ?
Are everyone so careless to loose lives!
Workers pls be responsible at ur work! #VizagGasLeak #ChattisgarhGasLeak #TamilNadu Boiler Blast
And now a #Nashik Factory fire pic.twitter.com/NSa4TCJ7Gm
3 incidents happens in a single day #VizagGasLeakage,#ChattisgarhGasLeak ,#NeyveliBoilerBlast.— Raj Singh ???????? (@_rajsinghh) May 8, 2020
Fuck u the son of bitch 2020.
Those who all r fighting from this in hospitals be brave we all r with u.
R.I.P for those who lost their lives.
I hope from 2020 that nothing happens next pic.twitter.com/WsFiScm7wA
