Vizag gas leak: NGT orders LG Polymers to deposit Rs 50 cr pending probe

NGT bench set up fact-finding committee, to be headed by former AP High Court judge

A day after the styrene gas leak, which left 12 people dead and hundreds hospitalised in Visakhapatnam, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday swung into action, focusing on the responsibility of LG Polymers, whose plant emitted the fumes.
 

Taking up the matter suo motu on Friday, the tribunal directed the company to deposit an initial amount of Rs 50 crore for the loss of life and other damages. With the opposition parties starting to accuse the Andhra Pradesh government of going soft on LG Polymers’ India management, and filing a police case, the government formed a high-powered committee, directing