Vizag gas leak case: LG Polymers CEO, ten other officials arrested
The arrests were made a day after the High-Power Committee, appointed by the state government to probe the vapour leak, submitted its report to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The arrests were made a day after the High-Power Committee, appointed by the state government to probe the vapour leak, submitted its report to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The incident comes in the wake of the gas leak mishap at the LG polymers facility here in May this year that killed 12 people and around 500 persons had to be treated for the effects of styrene gas inhalation.
National Green Tribunal had set up set up a five-member Committee to probe gas leak incident in the chemical factory, in which at least 11 people were killed and 1,000 exposed.
LG Chem, the group's key subsidiary and South Korea's largest chemical company, is reeling from the deadly gas leak at its LG Polymers India subsidiary, which left 12 residents dead and saw more than 1,000 hospitalised.
The gas reportedly started leaking around 2:30 am on May 7, when the workers were preparing to reopen the plant today after it remained shut since the COVID-19 lockdown announced on March 25.
There were reports of a second gas leakage from the plant late Thursday night, triggering panic among residents in other areas surrounding the plant. A large number of people were seen moving to safe places after fumes started emanating from the plant.
The NGT said that Styrene gas is a hazardous chemical as defined under Rule 2(e) read with Entry 583 of Schedule I to the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989 and the Rules require on-site and off-site Emergency Plans to ensure prevention of damage.
As many as 11 people have died and more than 1000 persons in five surrounding villages in a three km radius have been reported sick so far following a toxic gas leak.
In a letter to Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal, Naidu also asked the Centre to deploy veterinary experts to treat animals affected by the toxic gas.
13 people have died and more than 1000 persons have been reported sick so far following a toxic gas leak in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam.
