Unconscious people, animals turning grey: Scenes outside Vizag plant
Hindustan TimesParents running for help carrying unconscious children in their arms, women collapsing on the pavements, cops feeling breathlessness were just some of the scenes at the Pendurthy road and NAD junction in Visakhapatnam, following the leakage of poisonous gas styrene from a storage tank at LG Polymers India Private Ltd at R R Venkatapuram village on Thursday morning. And not just human beings, hundreds of cattle, poultry birds, dogs and cats were lying motionless on the roads following white fumes of styrene that engulfed the villages in a radius of about 3 km from the chemical plant. Such was the impact of the gas that leaves on trees along the road near the chemical plant wilted turning reddish brown and pale yellow. A five-year-old girl, Sucharita, was found crying on the road side near Chintala Agraharam village, where the local farmers rescued and consoled her.
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