When the MGR Chennai Central–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express pulled into the Bhubaneswar railway station on the morning of June 27, Sari Juang, along with her two younger sisters, had just cheated death by a mile. The over 1,500-km journey back to their home State followed a deadly ammonia gas leak at their workplace – a seafood…
Family members mourn the death of the teen girl in Rangamatia village on Monday Bhubaneswar: Four women and a 15-year-old girl from Odisha’s Keonjhar district died after inhaling ammonia gas following a leak at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu‘s Tiruvallur district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Gumani Juanga (15) of Rangamatia village;…
CHENNAI: Another worker died on Tuesday, the death toll from Sunday’s ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district to nine, all of them women. The identity of one of the deceased is yet to be confirmed.By 7 am, one more person from Assam, Anjila Soren, had died, and the number of…
A view of the ammonia gas leak factory at St. Peter and Paul Seafoods processing and Export factory, Kanigaipair Village in Tiruvallur | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Another woman from Assam has died after the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tiruvallur district, taking the death toll to nine on…
Chennai: The name tattooed on Sumanthu Juang’s left hand reads “Seema”. For hours on Monday, the 21-year-old sat outside an intensive care unit of Sri Venkateswaraa Medcity, waiting for news of his wife, who lay unconscious inside on ventilator support.“Will she recover?” he asked, in Hindi. Seema was among 18 workers — two men and…
Chennai: When the smell hit, Swati (name changed) knew something was wrong. She had just finished a 12-hour night shift at a seafood processing factory near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district and had stepped outside around 11am on Sunday, when the ammonia leak happened.She could smell it even though she was standing outside the building, and…
Bhubaneswar: Six women and a 15-year-old girl from Odisha died after inhaling ammonia gas following a leak at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district on Sunday. While five of them belong to Keonjhar district, efforts are on to find the native places of the remaining two.According to a bulletin issued by Tamil…
A three-member committee comprising the director of industrial safety and health, the member-secretary of the Pollution Control Board, and the additional director of public health has been constituted to submit a preliminary report within 24 hours and a detailed report within three days on the ammonia leak at a seafood export firm on Sunday.Chief minister…
The death toll in the ammonia gas leak incident at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tiruvallur district has risen to five, while 67 people are currently undergoing treatment and remain under medical observation, according to the Tamil Nadu Health Minister’s Office. Following the incident, emergency response teams, including district administration officials, police…
Bhubaneswar: Two women migrant workers from Odisha are feared dead in the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing and export unit at Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.“We have received information about the suspected death of two women from Odisha in the tragedy. Verification is underway. We are also in touch with our Tamil…
