Gas Leak In Atchutapuram SEZ Leaves Several Ill

ANAKAPALLY DISTRICT: Around 30 women workers fell sick after gas leaked from a company in the Atchutapuram SEZ, Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday afternoon.

Several people were taken ill after a gas leak on Friday afternoon, leaving the woman workers with symptoms of giddiness, vomitings, and headache at a factory in Atchutapuram SEZ. The workers who started exhibiting the above symptoms were immediately shifted to hospitals at Anakapalli and Yelamanchili for treatment in 20 ambulances and in other vehicles.

Anakapalli district Collector Pattaneshetti Ravi Subhash and district officials immediately rushed to the spot and are supervising relief measures. IT and Industries Minister G Amarnath alerted the district administration to ensure that the victims were provided first aid. As per the preliminary information, workers of the Brandex Company were admitted to a hospital owing to gas leakage from Porus Laboratories. However, it is not clear from which factory the gas had leaked. At present all the workers' health is stable, and no casualties reported. We're carrying out an investigation and further details will be known shortly, said District SP Gowthami Sali.

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