The plea said that the State Pollution Control Board, as well as L, has failed to act in accordance with the law and the said "willful" negligence has resulted into deaths of residents
Vishakhapatnam Police Commissioner RK Meena requested people here to not panic and said the order to evacuate the 2 km radius of the surrounding gas leakage area is just a precautionary measure
3,000 people evacuated after styrene leak at LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam; 7 fall ill after gas leak in Chhattisgarh; 8 suffer burns in TN furnace fire
Set up in December 1996, weeks before Korean major LG Electronics entered India, the plant has been at the centre of legal battles since its association with the $23 billion LG Chem.
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The leakage is believed to have taken place when the plant's employees were preparing to reopen it following some recent relaxations announced by the government
The condition of three workers is reported to be critical
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As many as 3,000 people were evacuated to safe places and at least 800 were admitted to various hospitals, according to initial reports
LG Chem, the owner of LG Polymers, said in a statement that the gas emitted in the leak can cause nausea and dizziness when inhaled
The styrene gas is heavier than air and comes down on spraying of water, however, it remains in the atmosphere for seven to eight hours
People were taken to hospital after they complained of burning sensation in eyes and breathing difficulties
HPL has already shut down its plants to extinguish the fire completely and the flow of naphtha has been cut
A total of 29 complaints were received by the 1916 control room regarding an unknown odour, which has considerably reduced now.
Mishap takes place late last night when mechanical failure in a chemical reactor at the company's Toluene Di-Isocyanate plant