Twenty people fell sick after an ammonia gas leak at a Milk Dairy unit at Bandapalli in Putalapattu Mandall in Andhra Pradesh on late Thursday night.
While three of the affected people were shifted to Ruia Hospital in the temple town of Tirupati, five have been admitted to the CMC hospital in neighboruing Tamil Nadu. Other people who suffered are currently undergoing treatment in the government hospital in Chittoor.
“We got the information that Ammonia gas was leaked at Hatson company milk process unit near Putalapattu at around 5 PM. 14 labourers who were working in that shift are brought to the hospital here in Chittoor. Among them, 3 people are serious and probably will be shifted to SVIMS or Ruia hospital in Tirupati,” Dr Narayan Bharat Gupta, Chittoor District Collector said.
“All are stable. All of them are women. It is to yet be ascertained whether this incident is a result of the negligence of management or the negligence of the workers. Industries department General Manager and fire department officials will review the ground-level situation on Friday,” he said.
Gupta also informed that all the 20 victims are women, while adding their condition is still as of now.
Meanwhile, Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has spoken ordered a strict probe into the incident. He has also asked to facilitate the best treatment to the affected people.
