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November 2, 2000

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Gas leak hits 351 in Coimbatore

About 351 people, including 197 women and children, are being treated for complaints of vomiting and eye irritation following the leakage of chlorine gas from a chemical factory at Udumalpet in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu Wednesday night.

Twelve of them were admitted to hospital at Udumalpet and the remaining were treated as outpatients, Coimbatore district collector G Santhanam said Thursday.

Police said the gas had leaked when workers were loading chemicals in a tanker.

The leak has been plugged and the situation is under control, the police said.

Medical and paramedical staff from other hospitals have gone to the hospital.

Police have registered a case against factory owner Srihari and an official Kannan.

Santhanam said he had asked the joint chief engineer of the pollution control board to inspect the factory and file a report.

The factory has been ordered to stop manufacturing of chemicals immediately till safety measures were verified and found in order.

UNI

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