Although the death toll was lower than feared, the accident which left hundreds hospitalised outside the industrial port city of Visakhapatnam evoked memories of Bhopal where a gas leak killed around 3,500 people in 1984.
South Korean parent company LG Chem said Friday that it was"taking necessary measures, such as adding water" to keep the tanks cool. The national green tribunal, India's environment watchdog, meanwhile ordered that the plant owner, LG Polymers, a unit of South Korea's LG Chem, pay an initial fine of $6.2 million.Horrifying footage on Indian television showed men, women and children slumped motionless in the streets.
The plant had been left idle because of the coronavirus lockdown, according to Rani, an assistant police commissioner in Visakhapatnam. Overnight some evacuated families were forced to sleep on the pavements or in cars, local media reported.According to the Centre for Science and Environment , the gas was styrene, which is likely carcinogenic and combined with oxygen in the air forms the more lethal styrene dioxide.
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