According to Indian authorities, at least 112 women were sent to the hospital following a gas leak at a clothing manufacturing plant there on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, employees at a plant in the Andhra Pradesh state’s Atchyutapuram area complained of nausea and vomiting.
“All of the women are secure. There aren’t any casualties. M. Upendra, a senior police official, told AFP that investigations are ongoing.
The hospitalizations come on the heels of a similar incident in June when a gas leak in the same location knocked out 200 people.
An industrial port city in the state of Andhra Pradesh was hit hard by a gas leak in 2020 when at least five people were killed and hundreds injured.
An industrial accident in 1984 in Bhopal, a city located in central India, was one of the worst ever witnessed by India.
Union Carbide’s leak killed around 3,500 individuals in the days that followed. It has a long-term impact on those who have been affected by it.
Because of the gas that damaged their moms, children are still born with deformities such as webbed feet and hands and stunted growth.
Mahnur is MS(development Studies)Student at NUST University, completed BS Hons in Eng Literature. Content Writer, Policy analyst, Climate Change specialist, Teacher, HR Recruiter.
