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  LG Polymers has absolute liability for loss of life in Vizag gas leak: NGT

  India | June 03, 2020 15:02 IST

  The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Wednesday that LG Polymers has absolute liability for the loss of life in the recent gas leak incident at its Visakhapatnam plant, and directed the Rs 50 crore penalty imposed on it to be used as compensation to the victims and for environment restoration.

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  Vizag gas leak: SC allows LG Polymer's 30 employees to maintain safety

  India | May 27, 2020 8:11 IST

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed 30 employees of LG Polymers India Ltd to supervise "round-the-clock safety measures" at its sealed plant in Visakhapatnam, where a gas leak early this month killed 12 people.

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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 20:46 IST

  The 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 21:55 IST

  The 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 tragedy: LG Polymers lacked environmental clearance before styrene gas leak

  India | May 13, 2020 8:51 IST

  Vizag gas leak: LG Chemicals' spokesman Choi Sang-kyu said that the company had always followed laws and had operated the plant based on the guidance of the officials, both at the state and federal levels. He said the affidavit was a pledge to comply with the law in the future and not an admission of any violations.

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  Vizag gas leak: LG Polymers says vapour leak caused accident at plant

  India | May 09, 2020 16:31 IST

  LG 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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  Over 60 per cent of styrene vapour leaked from LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam

  India | May 08, 2020 14:39 IST

  Over 60 per cent of the styrene vapour that leaked from a tank in LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, has polymerized so far and all chemical tanks in the plant are safe, District Collector V Vinay Chand said on Friday.

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  NDRF refutes reports of second gas leak incident at Vizag

  India | May 08, 2020 14:43 IST

  "There are some rumours and media reports about a second leakage. I categorically clarify that it is not true," NDRF Director-General SN Pradhan said in a video message.

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  Vizag Gas Leak: NGT directs LG Polymers to immediately deposit Rs 50 crore for damage to life

  Business | May 08, 2020 12:55 IST

  A day after gas leak incident in its Visakhapatnam plant, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed LG Polymers to forthwith deposit an initial amount of Rs. 50 crore with Visakhapatnam district magistrate.

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  Vizag gas tragedy: Another gas leakage reported at LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam

  India | May 08, 2020 8:36 IST

  Vizag gas leak: The fresh incident in Visakhapatnam was reported late on Thursday. Fumes were seen billowing out of the chemical plant, where the gas leakage in the early hours of the day affected over 300 others.

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  Vizag chemical plant gas leak incident needs to be fully investigated: UN chief

  India | May 07, 2020 23:06 IST

  The gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam, which killed at least 11 people and impacted about 1,000, needs to be fully investigated by local authorities, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.

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  NGT to take up Vizag gas leak case tomorrow

  India | May 07, 2020 21:58 IST

  The 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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  Technical glitch in refrigeration unit caused Visakhapatnam gas leak: Official

  India | May 07, 2020 20:21 IST

  The technical glitch caused the temperature in the chemical storage tank to rise above the safety level of 20 degrees, leading to gasification and consequent evaporation of styrene.

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  Vizag gas leak: Andhra CM announces Rs 1 Cr relief to kin of people killed

  India | May 07, 2020 17:23 IST

  Andhra 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 16:27 IST

  Andhra 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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  Vizag gas tragedy: Negligence by LG Polymers led to gas leak, says Andhra Minister

  India | May 07, 2020 14:20 IST

  Andhra Pradesh's Industry Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy on Thursday said the negligence by LG Polymers led to gas leak from its plant in Visakhapatnam, resulting in the death of eight people and affecting many others.

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  Vizag gas leak: Chilling photos bring back memories of Bhopal tragedy

  India | May 07, 2020 14:14 IST

  Unconscious children being carried by parents in their arms, people laying on roads, health workers scrambling to attend to those affected by the styrene vapour leak and residents fleeing were some of the scenes that played out near here on Thursday, bringing back grim memories of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

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  'I thought i'll die', Vizag gas leak survivor shares eye witness account

  India | May 07, 2020 13:33 IST

  "I thought I would die. I don't know how I survived." This was how a gas leak survivor in Visakhapatnam shared her experience. "Nobody knew what was happening and all were running to save themselves," said the woman undergoing treatment at King George Hospital (KGH), where most of the gas victims were brought for treatment.

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  8 dead after gas leak at chemical plant in Visakhapatnam

  News | May 07, 2020 13:32 IST

  More 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.

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  Gas has been neutralized, FIR registered: Visakhapatnam CP on Andhra gas leak incident

  News | May 07, 2020 13:33 IST

  While speaking to ANI, the Police Commissioner of Visakhapatnam City, Rajeev Kumar Meena said, "Gas has been neutralized. NDRF team has reached the spot. Maximum impact was in about 1-1.5 kms but smell was till 2-2.5 kms.