48 People Fall Sick Due To Ammonia Gas Leakage in Tripura

Agartala, May 12  :As many as 48 people have fallen ill, some of them critically, following leakage of ammonia gas inside a cold storage in Half-long flour mill and most of them had been hospitalized.

Sub-divisional magistrate, who issued closure of the mill, said two workers of the cold storage were shifted to hospital in critical condition, while seven employees of the Tripura Fire Service also fell ill while trying to rescue the victims.

He said there was no oxygen cylinder and sulpher dust which are mandatory for preventing ammonia contamination in the atmosphere and as a result sudden leakage of the gas went out of control.

The incident of ammonia gas leakage from a flour-mill of Dharmanagar under North Tripura on May 8 last pointed finger at the negligence of safety mechanism from Factories and Broilers authority of the state.