Visakhapatnam Gas Plant
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Vizag gas leak: Who's responsible for styrene monomer being shipped to South Korea, High Court asks
India | May 24, 2020, 08:46 PM ISTThe High Court has sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government that why was the styrene monomer permitted to be transported to South Korea, about a week after the incident.
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Vizag gas leak: SC asks LG Polymers to move NGT
India | May 19, 2020, 09:55 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea by LG Polymers seeking stay on the order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which formed a five-member committee to assess the damage and conduct a probe into the Vizag gas leak.
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Vizag gas leak: LG Polymers says vapour leak caused accident at plant
India | May 09, 2020, 04:31 PM ISTLG Polymers India Ltd on Saturday blamed leaking vapour from a storage tank for the leakage of deadly styrene monomer gas at its Visakhapatnam plant that killed at least 11 people and forced the evacuation of thousands.
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NGT to take up Vizag gas leak case tomorrow
India | May 07, 2020, 09:58 PM ISTThe National Green Tribunal on Thursday took cognisance on its own about the Visakhapatnam gas leak incident killing at least 11 people and impacting about 1,000, many collapsing to the ground as they tried to escape the toxic vapours.
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Vizag gas leak: Andhra CM announces Rs 1 Cr relief to kin of people killed
India | May 07, 2020, 05:23 PM ISTAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs one crore each to the kin of those killed in the styrene gas leak incident at LG Polymers Limited near Visakhapatnam.
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Vizag Gas leak: 500 kg of PTBC chemical to be airlifted from Daman for neutralizing leakage
India | May 07, 2020, 04:27 PM ISTAndhra Pradesh government will airlift 500 kg of Para-tertiary butyl catechol (PTBC) chemical from Daman to neutralize the gas leakage in Visakhapatnam plant, Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Ashwani Kumar said on Thursday.
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Virat Kohli pays condolences to families affected in Visakhapatnam gas leak tragedy
Cricket | May 07, 2020, 02:20 PM ISTIndian captain Virat Kohli offered his condolences to families who lost their loved ones in the Visakhapatnam gas leak incident.
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8 dead after gas leak at chemical plant in Visakhapatnam
News | May 07, 2020, 01:32 PM ISTMore than 1,000 others were taken to the hospital after they complained of health issues following the gas leak, reported at the LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam.