19 hospitalised after chlorine gas leak in Gujarat village
The labourers complaint of eyes burning and irritation after the chlorine gas leaked in outskirts of Vadodara.
Vadodara, Apr 14: At least 19 people were hospitalised following the leakage of chlorine gas in a village near Vadodara, district officials said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday night due to leakage in the valve of a chlorine gas cylinder, when the process of chlorination in a drinking water tank located in Por village was underway, they said.
Those affected after their exposure to the gas, including the workers involved in the cleaning process, were admitted to the state-run Sayajirao hospital in Vadodara when they began complaining of eye and throat irritation, Vadodara District Collector Lochan Sehra said.
The
village
is
located
on
the
Mumbai-Ahmedabad
national
highway.
A
team
of
officials
from
the
company
which
supplies
gas
cylinders
for
chlorination
purposes
rushed
to
the
spot
and
defused
the
cylinder
into
nearby
Dhadhar
river.
Meanwhile,
Dr
Rajeev
Deveshwar
Gupta,
superintendent,
Sir
Sayajirao
General
Hospital
told
PTI
on
Friday
that
the
condition
of
all
the
affected
people
is
stable.
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