Several hospitalised after ammonia gas leakage at dairy unit in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor

Mangalore Today News Network

Chittoor, Aug 21, 2020:    More than 15-25 people were rushed to a hospital on Thursday evening after a gas leakage was reported at a dairy plant located at Bandapalli village of Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district.

 

The Chittoor collector said that there was an ammonia gas leakage and the situation has been brought under control.

He said 15 people are currently undergoing treatment at a hospital and are in stable condition.

"We got the information that Ammonia gas was leaked at Hatson company milk process unit near Putalapattu at around 5 pm. Labourers who were working in that shift are brought to the hospital here in Chittoor. Among them, 3 people are serious and probably will be shifted to SVIMS or Ruia hospital in Tirupati," news agency ANI quoted Narayan Bharat Gupta, Chittoor District Collector, as saying.

"All are stable. All of them are women. It is to yet be ascertained whether this incident is a result of the negligence of management or the negligence of the workers. Industries department general manager and fire department officials will review the ground-level situation on Friday," he said.

Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has spoken with the Chittoor District Collector and ordered an inquiry into the incident, ANI reported.

Reddy gave directions to better treatment to the affected people.

Located at Bandapalli village under the Putalapattu division of Chittoor, the dairy is owned by a Chennai-based company and its product is said to be popular in Tamil Nadu.

Courtesy:India Today