7 workers fall ill after gas leak at paper plant in Chhattisgarh's Raipur

At a time when factories across the country are gearing up to resume operations, 7 workers fell ill after inhaling a poisonous gas at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district.

The incident took place at the Shakti Paper Mill located in Raigarh's Tetala village on Thursday afternoon, where the workers were cleaning an open tank. Earlier in the day, a gas leak at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam claimed 11 lives, leaving the nation in shock.

The condition of three workers is reported to be critical. Raigarh's police suprintendent Santosh Singh said that the three have been shifted to