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The leakage of Styrene from the plant near RR Venkatapuram in the early hours of Thursday claimed lives of 12 people and landed over 300 in hospitals.There were reports of a second gas leakage from the plant late Thursday night, triggering panic amon ...
Director-General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SN Pradhan, on Friday refuted reports of a second gas leak at LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam district and clarified that it was some fumes which released during the neutralisation process.Ear ...
Though the number of villages and the population affected had initially raised fears of many fatalities, the speed at which the police, disaster response force, revenue and other wings of the administration reacted ensured timely medical attention to ...
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday conveyed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic gas leakage incident in Visakhapatnam district of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) officials on Thursday in wake of the gas leak in Visakhapatnam, which has claimed eight lives.Earlier today, Modi spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS ...