Rourkela: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the authorities of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), asking them to submit report by February 11 over the leakage of gas at the Coal Chemical Department of the plant that claimed four lives last week.
As many as four contractual workers died after inhaling toxic fumes that leaked at the Coal Chemical Department of the plant on last Wednesday.
Around 15 workers were on duty at the site when the incident had occurred. Ten of them had fallen ill following the leakage of toxic gas from the plant. All were initially admitted to the dispensary on the plant premises.
Four of them were shifted to the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in a critical condition where doctors declared them dead.
Others were discharged from the plant dispensary after preliminary treatment.
Sources said that the gas leaked at the coal chemical site of the plant following the sudden…