As many as 19 workers sustained burn injuries following an accident reported at a blast furnace of Tata Steel's hot rolled coil factory at Meramundali in Odisha's Dhenkanal district on Tuesday.
As per Rescue 1122, a total of 16 incidents of gas leakage appeared in a month and due to it six people including four children died. This ratio of gas leakage incidents was continuously increasing day by day.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday constituted an eight-member fact-finding joint Committee on the Ludhiana Gas leak case where 11 people including three minors died recently.
"This accident happened due to the leak of hydrogen sulphide gas. However, the exact cause behind behind the leak needs to be investigated," NDRF Assistant Commandant DL Jakhar said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund (PMNRF) in the Ludhiana gas leak accident.
"A separate five-member SIT has been formed by the police, which will include senior officers. It is expected that its conclusion will be revealed soon. We do not want any kind of loss to happen in future, so negligence will not be done," Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu said on Monda
Punjab Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Sunday announced Rs 2 lakhs ex-gratia compensation to the family members of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured and admitted to the hospital in the Ludhiana Gas leak incident.
Panic gripped Punjab's Ludhiana after a gas leakage was reported at a factory which claimed 11 lives on Sunday morning, with the locals narrating the ordeals of the tragic incident.