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3 Dead, 9 Injured After Gas Leak At Fertiliser Plant In Maharashtra
Police said a reactor at the fertiliser plant in Maharashtra's Sangli district exploded releasing chemical fumes.
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8.3 Tonnes Of Chemicals Needed To Control Vizag Gas Leak Airlifted From Gujarat
The India Air Force on Monday airlifted 8.3 tonnes of chemicals from Gujarat that could reduce the toxicity of the gas leaked from a storage tank at the LG Polymers plant in Vizag last week, the Defence Ministry said.
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Amid Protest, Chemical Firm Sorry For Leak That Killed 11 At Andhra Plant
The Indian arm of a South Korean chemical major has apologised after a gas leak at its plant in Andhra Pradesh killed 11 and affected at least a thousand people. A tank used to store chemicals for making a wide variety of plastic products leaked into the air at the plant of LG Polymers India Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
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Gas Leak From Visakhapatnam Plant To Be Neutralised In 48 Hours: Minister
More than over 60 per cent of the toxic gas leaked from the chemical factory in Visakhapatnam has been neutralised and it will be completely gone in the next two days, authorities in Andhra Pradesh said on Friday, a day after 12 people died and hundreds fell ill by the accident.
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Hazardous Chemicals' Plants Must Take Safety Audits: Pollution Body To States
The Congress in Bihar on Friday termed as unethical and against constitutional norms the continuance of a couple of Bihar ministers in their posts despite the expiry of their legislative council tenures earlier this week.
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Villagers Affected By Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Can't Return Till Chemical Neutralised
The Andhra Pradesh government has today informed that those evacuated from villages affected by the gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam could not return till the impact of the chemical was neutralised.
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UN Chief Condoles Death Of 11 People In Vizag Gas Leak
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has condoled the death of 11 people in a gas leak incident at a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam and hoped that the local authorities will investigate the accident, his spokesperson said.
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"Minuscule Technical Leak": Government On Reports Of Another Incident At Vizag Chemical Plant
The government today dismissed reports of another incident at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam last evening hours after overnight gas leak at the plant killed 11 and left nearly 1,000 sick.
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Centre Issues Advisory After Gas Leak At Vizag Plant Kills 11
After 11 people died due to a gas leak at a chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, the Union Home Ministry on Thursday issued an advisory for the general public about the things to be done and not be done following such an incident.
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Vizag Chemical Plant Gas Leak Incident Needs To Be Fully Investigated: UN
The gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam, that killed at least 11 people and impacted about 1,000, needs to be fully investigated by local authorities, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
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Visakhapatnam Gas Leak: AIIMS Head Says Long-Term Health Effects Due To Styrene Vapour Unlikely
The chances of long-term health effects because of exposure to styrene vapour, which leaked from a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, are less and illnesses caused by the gas is not universally fatal, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Thursday.
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After Gas Leak Kills 11, Andhra Chemical Plant Faces Probe Over Possible Lapses
A chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh will face a probe over possible safety violations leading to the leak of styrene gas, resulting in 11 people being killed and 340 being admitted to hospital
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Gas Leak At Paper Mill In Chhattisgarh's Raigarh, 7 Hospitalised
Seven workers fell ill after inhaling a poisonous gas at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, the police said on Thursday. The incident comes on the same day when at least 11 have died and 1,000 exposed after a gas leak overnight at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
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Gujarat To Send Special Chemical Used As Neutraliser To Vizag
A specialised chemical called PTBC, made only in Vapi town of Gujarat, will be sent to Visakhapatnam on an urgent basis to help in neutralising the effects of gas leak at a polymer plant, a Gujarat government official said on Thursday.
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Andhra Announces Rs 1 Crore Compensation To Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Victims
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has announced Rs one crore as compensation to the families of those who died because of exposure to a toxic gas that leaked overnight at a chemical plant in Vishakhapatnam on Thursday.
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3 Dead, 9 Injured After Gas Leak At Fertiliser Plant In Maharashtra
Police said a reactor at the fertiliser plant in Maharashtra's Sangli district exploded releasing chemical fumes.
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8.3 Tonnes Of Chemicals Needed To Control Vizag Gas Leak Airlifted From Gujarat
The India Air Force on Monday airlifted 8.3 tonnes of chemicals from Gujarat that could reduce the toxicity of the gas leaked from a storage tank at the LG Polymers plant in Vizag last week, the Defence Ministry said.
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Amid Protest, Chemical Firm Sorry For Leak That Killed 11 At Andhra Plant
The Indian arm of a South Korean chemical major has apologised after a gas leak at its plant in Andhra Pradesh killed 11 and affected at least a thousand people. A tank used to store chemicals for making a wide variety of plastic products leaked into the air at the plant of LG Polymers India Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
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Gas Leak From Visakhapatnam Plant To Be Neutralised In 48 Hours: Minister
More than over 60 per cent of the toxic gas leaked from the chemical factory in Visakhapatnam has been neutralised and it will be completely gone in the next two days, authorities in Andhra Pradesh said on Friday, a day after 12 people died and hundreds fell ill by the accident.
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Hazardous Chemicals' Plants Must Take Safety Audits: Pollution Body To States
The Congress in Bihar on Friday termed as unethical and against constitutional norms the continuance of a couple of Bihar ministers in their posts despite the expiry of their legislative council tenures earlier this week.
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Villagers Affected By Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Can't Return Till Chemical Neutralised
The Andhra Pradesh government has today informed that those evacuated from villages affected by the gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam could not return till the impact of the chemical was neutralised.
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UN Chief Condoles Death Of 11 People In Vizag Gas Leak
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has condoled the death of 11 people in a gas leak incident at a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam and hoped that the local authorities will investigate the accident, his spokesperson said.
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"Minuscule Technical Leak": Government On Reports Of Another Incident At Vizag Chemical Plant
The government today dismissed reports of another incident at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam last evening hours after overnight gas leak at the plant killed 11 and left nearly 1,000 sick.
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Centre Issues Advisory After Gas Leak At Vizag Plant Kills 11
After 11 people died due to a gas leak at a chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, the Union Home Ministry on Thursday issued an advisory for the general public about the things to be done and not be done following such an incident.
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Vizag Chemical Plant Gas Leak Incident Needs To Be Fully Investigated: UN
The gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam, that killed at least 11 people and impacted about 1,000, needs to be fully investigated by local authorities, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
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Visakhapatnam Gas Leak: AIIMS Head Says Long-Term Health Effects Due To Styrene Vapour Unlikely
The chances of long-term health effects because of exposure to styrene vapour, which leaked from a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, are less and illnesses caused by the gas is not universally fatal, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Thursday.
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After Gas Leak Kills 11, Andhra Chemical Plant Faces Probe Over Possible Lapses
A chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh will face a probe over possible safety violations leading to the leak of styrene gas, resulting in 11 people being killed and 340 being admitted to hospital
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Gas Leak At Paper Mill In Chhattisgarh's Raigarh, 7 Hospitalised
Seven workers fell ill after inhaling a poisonous gas at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, the police said on Thursday. The incident comes on the same day when at least 11 have died and 1,000 exposed after a gas leak overnight at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
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Gujarat To Send Special Chemical Used As Neutraliser To Vizag
A specialised chemical called PTBC, made only in Vapi town of Gujarat, will be sent to Visakhapatnam on an urgent basis to help in neutralising the effects of gas leak at a polymer plant, a Gujarat government official said on Thursday.
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Andhra Announces Rs 1 Crore Compensation To Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Victims
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has announced Rs one crore as compensation to the families of those who died because of exposure to a toxic gas that leaked overnight at a chemical plant in Vishakhapatnam on Thursday.
