Vizag gas leak: Criminal action will be taken against LG Chem, says AP Industry Minister
Visakhapatnam, May 07: Industry Minister of Andhra Pradesh M G Reddy said on Thursday that the South Koran company LG Chem, the owner of the plant, has to be responsible for gas leak incident in Vizag.
The minister added that criminal action will be taken against the company.
"Company managing this has to be responsible for VizagGasLeak mishap. They'll have to come & explain us exactly what all protocols were followed, and what all were not followed. Accordingly, criminal action will be taken against them", said M G Reddy.
How Vizag gas leak incident reminds of Bhopal gas tragedy
The DGP of Andhra Pradesh told ANI the forensic teams present at the site of the incident and investigation underway.
The DGP said that drinking a lot of water is one of the antidotes to not get affected by the toxic gas.
DGP
also
told
that
the
gas
has
been
neutralised
and
the
leak
is
an
accident.
"One
of
the
antidotes
is
drinking
a
lot
of
water.
Around
800
were
shifted
to
hospital,
many
have
been
discharged,"
he
said.
Vizag gas neutralised: 800 moved to hospital
11 persons have on Thursday reportedly died after a toxic gas leaked from a chemical plant of a multinational firm in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. At least 5,000 have fallen sick due to the leak.
The leak spread over a radius of about three km, affecting at least five villages.