Yet another gas leak in Ankaleshwar GIDC, 3 dead

Bharuch

Three workers of a pharmaceutical chemical manufacturing company in the GIDC area of Ankaleshwar town in Bharuch district died today owing to gas leakage in the factory premises, police said.

Two other fell ill in the incident which has taken place just a few days after two people in yet another factory in this chemical industries hub were killed due to similar reasons.

Ankaleshwar GIDC Police Inspector P L Chaudhari said that the gas leakage in Shree Ganesh Remedies Pvt. Ltd. happened at around 330 am today. ‘Rajabhaiya Singh (31), Satyendra Singh (22) and Raju Prajapati (22), all residents of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh died on their way to a local hospital. Two other affected workers have been admitted to A K Patel hospital in Ankaleshwar,’ the PI said adding that the deceased and other affected were labourerers and helpers.

The matter was being investigated.

Earlier, two people had died and three fell ill owing to gas leak in yet another company in the area, Bharuch Enviro Infrastructure Ltd or BEIL’s chemical waste destroying unit.

– DeshGujarat