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Alleged gas leak from LG polymers created panic in Venkatapuram and five other villages in the wee hours on Thursday. 15 people were shifted to KGH following the incident.
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Hundreds of people complained of breathlessness, irritation in eyes and stomach pain following the leakage of gas at LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam.
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Three persons died, including two elderly people and a seven year old girl, in the LG Polymers gas leak near Visakhapatnam. The leak reportedly occurred in Styrene gas chamber.
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⚡️ Several feared dead in gas leak which occurred during the recommission of LG Polymers unit in Gopalapatnam near #Visakhapatnam. Here's all you need to know!
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Several people, including children, were shifted to hospital following the gas leak at LG Polymers in #Visakhapatnam.
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#NewsAlert | #AndhraPradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to visit #Visakhapatnam.
#VizagGasLeak #LGPolymers
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Heart-wrenching scenes from #VizagGasLeak.
#LGPolymers #Visakhapatnam
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Five were declared brought dead while three more died falling into a canal in Venkatapuram following a gas leak at #LGPolymers near #Visakhapatnam in #AndhraPradesh.
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Scenes at King George Hospital where several people are getting treated following the gas leak at #LGPolymers in #Visakhapatnam.
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PM Narendra Modi spoke to #AndhraPradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy regarding the gas leak at #LGPolymers in #Visakhapatnam.
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#TNIEExclusive | Eyewitness Govind tells TNIE about #VizagGasLeak. He noticed the gas leakage at 3 am when he woke to go on with milk business. He lives beside #LGPolymers.
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Former finance secretary EAS Sarma raises serious questions over #VizagGasLeak, asks how APPCB gave clearance for #LGPolymers' unit expansion.
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#BREAKING | Another leak reported by locals at #LGPolymers premises in Visakhapatnam, reports @xpressandhra.
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#VizagGasLeak UPDATE | Officials dismiss reports on second gas leak at #LGPolymers in #Visakhapatnam.
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Among the victims is first year MBBS student Chandramowli, who fell unconscious due to #VizagGasLeak and died at King George hospital while undergoing treatment. His father is a head constable.
#VizagGasTragedy #LGPolymers #Visakhapatnam
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Ten people, including two children and a medical student, have died in the #VizagGasTragedy. More details inside 👇
#VizagGasLeak #LGPolymers #Visakhapatnam
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Entire RR Venkatapuram village in #Visakhapatnam has been evacuated said AP DGP D Gautam Sawang, while adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the #VizaggasLeakage by CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
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Indian Navy has provided 5 more Portable Multifeed Oxygen Manifold sets to #KGH and technical teams from Naval Dockyard in #Vizag are there to assist in quickly installing them.
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#AndhraPradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has reached the King George hospital at #Vizag, and is seen interacting with the #gasleak victims.
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Here is a glimpse of what happened so far in the #VizagGasLeakage, even as National Disaster Management Authority said there is no perfect antidote to Styrene gas.
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Five member committee to be constituted to probe into the
#VizagGasLeak, says #AndhraPradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
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#NewsAlert | #VizagGasLeakage toll rises to 11. AP CM has announced Rs 1 crore ex gratia to kin of #Vizag #gasleak victims, reports @xpressandhra.

“I don’t know what happened. When I woke up, I was in an ambulance, being shifted to a hospital,” recalls a dazed 12-year-old victim of #VizagGasLeakage.
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WATCH | Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy interacting with #LGPolymer company representatives in #Vishakapatnam. #VizagGasTragedy

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#VizagGasLeakage will affect train movement, including 9 Shramik Special Trains from Simhachalam North, reports @PushkarBanakar.
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"There was no illegal equipment nor were any illegal processes conducted inside the #LGPolymer unit, says AP Pollution Control Board chairperson BSS Prasad, as he explains how #VizagGasLeak could have happened.
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#NewsAlert | Andhra Pradesh HC takes suo motu cognizance of #VizagGasLeak tragedy, asks why a hazardous chemical unit #LGPolymer was allowed near residential areas, serves notices on Centre, state governments, reports @xpressandhra.
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By its own admission, #LGPolymer didn't apply for an EC as the industry it was operating in didn't come under the Ministry's purview. Hence it obtained permission only from AP Pollution Control Board.
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What led to the #VizagGasTragedy? #Vishakhapatnam Collector Vinay Chand explained to CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
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While 1000 were affected by #VizagGasLeakage, cases have been booked against #LGPolymer at Gopalapatnam police station under IPC sections 337, 338, 304 - causing death by negligence, causing hurt by endangering life or personal safety of others, reports @xpressandhra.

As eleven people died and over 300 were hospitalised, here is all you need to know about the #VizagGasLeakage.
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#VizagGasTragedy | AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is interacting with one of the gas leak victims. 1000 people were affected while more than 300 were hospitalized.
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As the #VizagGasLeakage reminds many of the #BhopalGasTragedy of 1984, here is a brief history of #LGPolymers.
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⚡From the history of #LGPolymers to the ordeal faced by the #VizagGasLeak victims, here is everything you need to know about the tragedy that killed many, including children.
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