Residents of Periyakuppam fishing hamlet near Ennore in Chennai took to streets after a few of them fell ill due to gas leakage in the wee hours on Wednesday.
| Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of ammonia gas leak from Coromandel International Limited, a fertiliser manufacturing unit in Ennore.
Based on media reports of several people from Periakuppam, Ernavur, Burma Nagar experiencing breathlessness and eye and skin irritation after leakage of ammonia from gas pipelines of the unit, the NGT on December 27 issued directions to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to file a report on the incident.
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The case has been listed for hearing on January 2, 2024.
Over a dozen residents of Periakuppam have been hospitalised since the gas leak that happened in the late hours of December 26. Many…