Chandrababu Naidu seeks permission to meet Vizag gas leak victims

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu has written a letter to Andhra Presh DGP Gautam Sawang seeking permission to visit Visakhapatnam to interact with gas leak victims on Monday.

Naidu has been in Hyderab since imposition of lockdown. former Andhra Presh chief minister is scheduled to board a flight to Visakhapatnam on Monday morning at 10.35 am, subject to grant of permission by authorities. He has planned to furr go to state's capital Amaravati via ro.

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Vizag gas leak

As many as 12 people were killed when Styrene leaked from LG Polymers plant on May 7, while several hundred fell ill after inhaling poisous chemical at RR Venkatapuram near Visakhapatnam. LG Polymers in a statement on Monday said that it successfully completed transportation of Styrene Momer (SM) inventory within plant as well as in styrene tanks that were at port. re is w Styrene momer left at LG Polymers plant in Vizag. Around 3,000 people were evacuated by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from Imhachalam, Gopalapatnam, Vepagunta. A total of 1000 people were said to have come in direct contact with gas.

Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Presh government has deposited Rs 10,000 into each account of people affected by gas leak. Nearly 19,893 people residing in affected vills have been compensated. CM Jagan Reddy h said government is preparing to issue health cards to se families to provide better health facilities and monitor ir health for which vill health clinics are going to be established.

Days after its leaked vapour killed 12 people, about 13,000 tonnes of styrene from LG Polymers plant at RR Venkatapuram near Visakhapatnam were shipped back to company's hequarters in Seoul, South Korea. Irate villrs h std a protest in front of plant, with bodies of deceased, demanding that it be closed down forthwith. outr from residents must have led to government's decision of shipping entire lo styrene to South Korea.

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