In Pics| Delhi gas leak: Police registers FIR; 310 school students treated for eye irritation, suffocation
The Delhi government today issued a show cause notice to the authorities of Tughlaqabad depot after 310 girls were taken ill due to the spread of toxic fumes following a chemical spill there.
The Delhi government today issued a show cause notice to the authorities of Tughlaqabad depot after 310 girls were taken ill due to the spread of toxic fumes following a chemical spill there.
The fumes spread from a container containing 2-Chloro-5 chloromethylpyridine, which is used in insecticides and pesticides. The chemical was imported from China and was to be taken to Sonepat in Haryana.
The students of Rani Jhansi School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School, run by the city administration, were rushed to nearby hospitals as they complained of irritation in eyes and breathlessness.
(With agency inputs)
School students being treated at a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday.
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School students being treated at a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) during the clean-up operation at a container depot, where a gas leak occurred, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Delhi schoolgirls are treated at a government hospital after a gas leak from a nearby container depot in New Delhi on May 6, 2017.
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Containers are parked at a container depot, where a gas leak occurred, in New Delhi on May 6, 2017.
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Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) during the clean-up operation at a container depot, where a gas leak occurred, in New Delhi on Saturday.
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