Civic worker hospitalised after inhaling chlorine gasoline at water filtration plant in Bhopal
By PTI
BHOPAL: A civic worker fell sick after inhaling chlorine gasoline on the similar water filtration plant the place the gasoline leaked final week affecting seven individuals in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, an official mentioned.
Last week, seven individuals fell sick after chlorine gasoline leaked from a 900 kg cylinder on the water therapy plant of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the Idgah Hills.
Talking to PTI, Bhopal Municipal Commissioner KVS Choudhary mentioned an worker fell sick after inhaling the gasoline whereas linking a chlorine pipeline on the plant.
The affected individual is being handled and his situation was regular, he mentioned.
“There was no leakage at the filter plant. The areas around the plant are completely safe in Shahjanabad,” the official mentioned.
“No leakage has been reported to us. We have come to know that one staffer of the BMC has fallen sick after inhaling the gas while working at the plant,” Shahjanabad assistant commissioner of police Umesh Tiwari confirmed to PTI.
On October 24, a 900 kg chlorine cylinder leaked on the plant beneath Shahjahanabad police station space, following which seven individuals fell sick.
Seven individuals dwelling in slums close to the plant had complained of some well being points, and have been shifted to a hospital and discharged after a couple of hours, officers mentioned.
After the gasoline leak 5 days in the past, some individuals complained of respiratory difficulties, coughing and vomiting as a result of foul odor, they mentioned.
According to the police, after the gasoline leak was observed, the cylinder was thrown within the water on the filtration plant and the snag was fastened.
The BMC’s filtration plant is surrounded by human settlements, particularly slums.
The incident final week introduced again grim recollections of the Bhopal gasoline tragedy, wherein 1000’s of individuals have been killed and greater than 5 lakh affected after inhaling a poisonous gasoline that spewed out from the now defunct Union Carbide manufacturing unit in Bhopal on the intervening night time of December 2 and three, 1984.
BHOPAL: A civic worker fell sick after inhaling chlorine gasoline on the similar water filtration plant the place the gasoline leaked final week affecting seven individuals in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, an official mentioned.
Last week, seven individuals fell sick after chlorine gasoline leaked from a 900 kg cylinder on the water therapy plant of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the Idgah Hills.
Talking to PTI, Bhopal Municipal Commissioner KVS Choudhary mentioned an worker fell sick after inhaling the gasoline whereas linking a chlorine pipeline on the plant.
The affected individual is being handled and his situation was regular, he mentioned.
“There was no leakage at the filter plant. The areas around the plant are completely safe in Shahjanabad,” the official mentioned.
“No leakage has been reported to us. We have come to know that one staffer of the BMC has fallen sick after inhaling the gas while working at the plant,” Shahjanabad assistant commissioner of police Umesh Tiwari confirmed to PTI.
On October 24, a 900 kg chlorine cylinder leaked on the plant beneath Shahjahanabad police station space, following which seven individuals fell sick.
Seven individuals dwelling in slums close to the plant had complained of some well being points, and have been shifted to a hospital and discharged after a couple of hours, officers mentioned.
After the gasoline leak 5 days in the past, some individuals complained of respiratory difficulties, coughing and vomiting as a result of foul odor, they mentioned.
According to the police, after the gasoline leak was observed, the cylinder was thrown within the water on the filtration plant and the snag was fastened.
The BMC’s filtration plant is surrounded by human settlements, particularly slums.
The incident final week introduced again grim recollections of the Bhopal gasoline tragedy, wherein 1000’s of individuals have been killed and greater than 5 lakh affected after inhaling a poisonous gasoline that spewed out from the now defunct Union Carbide manufacturing unit in Bhopal on the intervening night time of December 2 and three, 1984.
