[ad_1] Locals gather to protest near the LG Polymers plant where a gas leak killed dozens of people and hospitalized hundreds. (Image: Janak Dave / News18) The police tried to prevent the villagers from going near the plant but the latter ran past the former and staged a sit-in protest …
Read More »Over 60% Styrene Vapor Leak From Cured Vizag Plant: Report – Andhra Pradesh
[ad_1] More than 60 percent of the styrene vapor that leaked Thursday from a tank at LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam, killing at least 11 people, has been polymerized so far and all of the chemical tanks at the plant are safe, it said Friday. District Collector V Vinay Chand. In …
Read More »Vizag Gas Leak: What is styrene and how can it kill if inhaled?
[ad_1] Home / India News / Vizag gas leak: what is styrene and how can it kill if inhaled At least 11 people died and about 1,000 were affected after a factory chemical leaked and hung like smoke in nearby villages in the Visakhapatnam district in the early hours of …
Read More »All efforts to address Vizag situation, government says after Prime Minister Modi meeting
[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday morning to assess the steps being taken in response to the Vishakhapatnam gas leak incident, the government said in an official statement. “He discussed at length the measures being taken for the safety of the affected people, as well …
Read More »Visakhapatnam gas leak | Central steps, 500 kg of chemicals transported by air from Gujarat
[ad_1] About 500 kg of chemicals were airlifted from Gujarat and shipped to Visakhapatnam on Thursday to neutralize the impact of styrene, a dangerous gas that leaked into the plant in the first hours and claimed more than half a dozen lives. Due to the closure, officials at LG Polymers …
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