Kalyan: A chemical company in Anand Nagar MIDC In ambernathi An incident of sulfuric acid gas leak was reported in Thane district of Maharashtra on Tuesday morning.
About 34 people from the company and the surrounding area, who complained of breathlessness, have been admitted to the Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar for treatment.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) as well as the police team that reached the spot claimed that the leak at RK Chemical Company was stopped by the MIDC fire brigade within an hour.
Sulfuric acid gas leak was reported in the factory at Ambernath MIDC around 10 am and 34 people who complained of breathlessness have been admitted to the hospital. Santosh Kadam, head of Regional Disaster Management Cell NS Thane Municipal Corporation.
A MIDC fire brigade was rushed to the spot and the situation was brought under control within about an hour.
a worker Satyajit Burman “MPCB, the authority responsible for controlling such incidents, only issues closure notices and after certain days permits such companies to operate which result in such incidents,” it said.
He said that there is a need to stop such companies playing with the lives of people.
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About 34 people from the company and the surrounding area, who complained of breathlessness, have been admitted to the Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar for treatment.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) as well as the police team that reached the spot claimed that the leak at RK Chemical Company was stopped by the MIDC fire brigade within an hour.
Sulfuric acid gas leak was reported in the factory at Ambernath MIDC around 10 am and 34 people who complained of breathlessness have been admitted to the hospital. Santosh Kadam, head of Regional Disaster Management Cell NS Thane Municipal Corporation.
A MIDC fire brigade was rushed to the spot and the situation was brought under control within about an hour.
a worker Satyajit Burman “MPCB, the authority responsible for controlling such incidents, only issues closure notices and after certain days permits such companies to operate which result in such incidents,” it said.
He said that there is a need to stop such companies playing with the lives of people.
Watch Maharashtra: Several people hospitalized after gas leak from Ambernath chemical factory
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