Vizag gas leak update: Home Ministry's clarification on gas leakage again, told technical leak

Posted on 8th May 2020 by rohit kumar

Visakhapatnam. The Ministry of Home Affairs has once again clarified the news of gas leaking in the LG Polymer Industry of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The ministry has said that the situation is under control. This was a minor technical leak. This was a minor technical leak and is under control. Andhra Pradesh Police has ordered evacuation of the area within 2 km radius of the gas leak area as a precautionary measure in Visakhapatnam. At the same time people have also been requested not to believe in fake news about the gas leak.

 

Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner RK Meena has said that there is nothing to panic. He said that as a precaution, people coming within 2 km radius of the site are requested to vacate the area. People outside the radius of 2 km do not have to come on the road or evacuate the area. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the Visakhapatnam gas leak incident and decided to hear the matter today, news agency ANI said. A bench headed by NGT chairman AK Goyal is scheduled to hear the case.

 

11 people died

 

Death of 11 people. Let us know that 11 people died in a gas leak accident in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday. The state government has ordered an inquiry to find out the cause of the accident. Apart from this, it has announced compensation of Rs one crore to the families of the deceased.

 

PTBC reached Visakhapatnam

 

The chemical para-tertiary butyl catechol (PTBC) has reached Visakhapatnam to minimize the effects of stearin gas leakage. Air India Cargo flight arrived at Visakhapatnam Airport with this chemical. On Thursday at around 10:30 pm, a 9-member team from Air India flight arrived here with Chemical. The team has gone back. Airport director Raj Kishore gave this information.

 

PTBC will neutralize the effects of gas leakage

 

This chemical is made in Vapi in Valsad district of South Gujarat and is used to neutralize the effects of gas leakage and prevent it from decaying. Earlier on Thursday following the gas leak incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy requested Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani to send it to control the chemical's effects.

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