Chattisgarh: Six fall ill after toxic gas leak in Bhilai steel plant
The incident occurred in the blast furnace number 8 around 2am on Friday
The incident occurred in the blast furnace number 8 around 2am on Friday
A gas pipeline exploded at the plant located in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Tuesday immediately killing six people. Three more died later in the day.
All the injured were brought to the burns unit of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Hospital in Bhilai for treatment yesterday.
Police said that more than 20 employees were working at the spot when the blast happened.
Prime Minister dedicated the modernised and expanded Bhilai Steel Plant, the PM addressed the gathering and said that development was the best answer to all kinds of violence.
Steelmaker SAIL, which has reached the last leg of its Rs.70,000 crore modernisation programme, on Sunday said post modernisation there…
