Gas Leak

Gas Leak: Supreme Court Allows 30 Employees To Access Sealed Visakhapatnam Plant

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 27, 2020

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.

One Killed, Another Critical After Gas Leak At Sugar Factory In Maharashtra

Pune News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 24, 2020

One of the 12 sugar factory workers, who were hospitalised on Saturday after they complained of suffocation while cleaning a vacuum pan in a Baramati-based sugar factory in Maharashtra, died on Sunday, the police said.

"Very Sorry": LG Chairman Apologises Over Vizag Gas Leak

India News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 20, 2020

LG Group chairman Koo Gwang-mo apologised Wednesday over two deadly accidents at LG Chem facilities in the past two weeks, reports said, including a gas leak in India that killed 12 people.

Andhra Woman, 60, Charged For Social Media Post On Vizag Gas Leak

Andhra Pradesh News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 19, 2020

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.

Top Court Asks LG Polymers To Move National Green Tribunal Over Vizag Gas Leak Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 19, 2020

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.

8.3 Tonnes Of Chemicals Needed To Control Vizag Gas Leak Airlifted From Gujarat

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 12, 2020

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.

13,000 Tonnes Of Styrene Gas That Killed 11 In Visakhapatnam Being Shipped To South Korea

Andhra Pradesh News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 11, 2020

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.

Minor Gas Leak In LPG Container Of Goods Train At Bhopal: Rail Official

Bhopal News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 9, 2020

Gas leak was detected on a goods train transporting LPG on Saturday at Bhopal railway station in Madhya Pradesh, a Railways official said.

Amid Protest, Chemical Firm Sorry For Leak That Killed 11 At Andhra Plant

Andhra Pradesh News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday May 9, 2020

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.

Chandrababu Naidu Asks PM To Seek Experts' Help In Vizag Gas Leak Probe

India News | ANI | Saturday May 9, 2020

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting a scientific probe into Vizag gas leak incident.

Gas Leak From Visakhapatnam Plant To Be Neutralised In 48 Hours: Minister

India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir | Saturday May 9, 2020

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.

Hazardous Chemicals' Plants Must Take Safety Audits: Pollution Body To States

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 9, 2020

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.

After Gas Leak, Employee Of Chhattisgarh Paper Factory Arrested

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday May 8, 2020

The operator of a paper mill in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, where a gas leak on May 6 evening led to the hospitalisation of seven people, was arrested on Friday for criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit culpable homicide, police said.

Villagers Affected By Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Can't Return Till Chemical Neutralised

Andhra Pradesh News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Shatabdi Chowdhury | Friday May 8, 2020

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.

UN Chief Condoles Death Of 11 People In Vizag Gas Leak

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 8, 2020

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.