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121 Women Hospitalised After Andhra Factory Gas Leak, Probe Ordered
The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday ordered a high-level probe into the gas leak in a garment factory that left over a hundred hospitalised in the Anakapalle district.
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95 In Hospital After Mysterious Gas Leak At Andhra Pradesh Factory
Workers of an apparel manufacturing unit at Atchyutapuram near Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, who fell sick due to what was suspected to be a mysterious gas leak, were stable as they were being treated in different hospitals.
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Gas Leak In Industrial Area Near Visakhapatnam, 50 Hospitalised
At least 50 workers fell ill today after a gas leak at an apparel manufacturing unit in the Brandix Special Economic Zone in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalle district.
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Gas Leak In Vizag Pharma Unit Operational Negligence, Says Green Court
The NGT held on Tuesday that gas leak in an Andhra Pradesh unit in which two people were killed was due to operational negligence and asked the state's Director of Industries to conduct safety audit of the pharma city at Visakhapatnam and other such locations.
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Visakhapatnam Gas Leak: LG Polymers India Has Absolute Liability, Says Green Court NGT
South Korean company LG Polymers India has absolute liability for the loss of life and public health in the gas leak incident at its plant in Visakhapatnam, the NGT has said while directing that the interim penalty of ₹50 crore would be spent on compensation to the victims and the restoration of environment.
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Vizag Gas Leak: Industries Will Be Scared To Invest In State, Says Andhra Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said industries will be "scared" to invest in the state if "harsh steps" are taken against them in the wake of the Visakapatnam gas leak incident. The deadly gas leak incident at the LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam earlier this month had claimed 12 lives.
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Gas Leak: Supreme Court Allows 30 Employees To Access Sealed Visakhapatnam Plant
The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted LG Polymers India Ltd to have restricted access to its sealed plant at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, where there was a gas leakage and asked the company to provide a list of its 30 personnel who could be allowed the entry.
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Andhra Woman, 60, Charged For Social Media Post On Vizag Gas Leak
The Andhra Pradesh CID police have registered a case against a 60-year-old woman for allegedly posting on social media questions about the recent Styrene gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam in which 12 people lost their lives and hundreds fell ill.
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Top Court Asks LG Polymers To Move National Green Tribunal Over Vizag Gas Leak Case
The Supreme Court today asked LG Polymers India to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to raise the issue regarding setting up of multiple committees to probe the May 7 gas leakage from its plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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13,000 Tonnes Of Styrene Gas That Killed 11 In Visakhapatnam Being Shipped To South Korea
Days after its leaked vapour killed 11 people, about 13,000 tonnes of styrene from the LG Polymers plant at RR Venkatapuram near Visakhapatnam is being shipped back to the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.
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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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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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Vizag Gas Leak: LG Polymers India Fined Rs 50 Crore By Green Court NGT, Notices Sent To Centre
The National Green Tribunal slapped an interim penalty of Rs 50 crore on LG Polymers India and sought response from the Centre and others on Friday in the gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, saying "there appears to be a failure to comply with the said Rules and other statutory provisions".
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121 Women Hospitalised After Andhra Factory Gas Leak, Probe Ordered
The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday ordered a high-level probe into the gas leak in a garment factory that left over a hundred hospitalised in the Anakapalle district.
-
95 In Hospital After Mysterious Gas Leak At Andhra Pradesh Factory
Workers of an apparel manufacturing unit at Atchyutapuram near Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, who fell sick due to what was suspected to be a mysterious gas leak, were stable as they were being treated in different hospitals.
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Gas Leak In Industrial Area Near Visakhapatnam, 50 Hospitalised
At least 50 workers fell ill today after a gas leak at an apparel manufacturing unit in the Brandix Special Economic Zone in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalle district.
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Gas Leak In Vizag Pharma Unit Operational Negligence, Says Green Court
The NGT held on Tuesday that gas leak in an Andhra Pradesh unit in which two people were killed was due to operational negligence and asked the state's Director of Industries to conduct safety audit of the pharma city at Visakhapatnam and other such locations.
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Visakhapatnam Gas Leak: LG Polymers India Has Absolute Liability, Says Green Court NGT
South Korean company LG Polymers India has absolute liability for the loss of life and public health in the gas leak incident at its plant in Visakhapatnam, the NGT has said while directing that the interim penalty of ₹50 crore would be spent on compensation to the victims and the restoration of environment.
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Vizag Gas Leak: Industries Will Be Scared To Invest In State, Says Andhra Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said industries will be "scared" to invest in the state if "harsh steps" are taken against them in the wake of the Visakapatnam gas leak incident. The deadly gas leak incident at the LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam earlier this month had claimed 12 lives.
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Gas Leak: Supreme Court Allows 30 Employees To Access Sealed Visakhapatnam Plant
The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted LG Polymers India Ltd to have restricted access to its sealed plant at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, where there was a gas leakage and asked the company to provide a list of its 30 personnel who could be allowed the entry.
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Andhra Woman, 60, Charged For Social Media Post On Vizag Gas Leak
The Andhra Pradesh CID police have registered a case against a 60-year-old woman for allegedly posting on social media questions about the recent Styrene gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam in which 12 people lost their lives and hundreds fell ill.
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Top Court Asks LG Polymers To Move National Green Tribunal Over Vizag Gas Leak Case
The Supreme Court today asked LG Polymers India to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to raise the issue regarding setting up of multiple committees to probe the May 7 gas leakage from its plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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13,000 Tonnes Of Styrene Gas That Killed 11 In Visakhapatnam Being Shipped To South Korea
Days after its leaked vapour killed 11 people, about 13,000 tonnes of styrene from the LG Polymers plant at RR Venkatapuram near Visakhapatnam is being shipped back to the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.
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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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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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Vizag Gas Leak: LG Polymers India Fined Rs 50 Crore By Green Court NGT, Notices Sent To Centre
The National Green Tribunal slapped an interim penalty of Rs 50 crore on LG Polymers India and sought response from the Centre and others on Friday in the gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, saying "there appears to be a failure to comply with the said Rules and other statutory provisions".
