Chennai, July 23 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has initiated a statewide safety crackdown on industries handling ammonia, issuing notices to 28 establishments for violating worker accommodation norms and constituting 21 special inspection teams to conduct comprehensive audits of hazardous industrial units. The move comes a month after the deadly ammonia gas leak in Tiruvallur district that claimed 18 lives and exposed serious lapses in industrial safety.According to the Labour Welfare Departm…
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Chennai, July 14 (IANS) A migrant worker was killed, and four others sustained severe burn injuries after a boiler exploded at a steel melting unit in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district on Tuesday, triggering a major fire and prompting a large-scale emergency response. The deceased was identified as Ravi, a worker from a northern state, who died on the spot when the boiler exploded during working hours.Four fellow workers suffered serious burn injuries in the bl…
Chennai, July 6 (IANS) Authorities will continue the operation on Monday to safely remove residual ammonia from the St. Peter and Paul Pvt. Ltd. seafood processing unit at Kannigaipair in Tiruvallur district, more than two weeks after a toxic gas leak at the facility claimed 18 lives and left several workers hospitalised. District Collector S. Kavitha said the operation would continue until all traces of ammonia were completely evacuated from the plant. She assured that the same stringent safety…
Chennai, July 4 (IANS) A massive operation to safely remove nearly two tonnes of ammonia from a private seafood processing and export unit where a deadly gas leak claimed 18 lives is underway in Tiruvallur district. Authorities are evacuating residents within a 500-metre radius and deploying Army personnel, firefighters and medical teams to prevent any further risk.The operation is being carried out at the Punitha Peter Paul seafood processing and export unit in Kannigaipair village, where an am…
Chennai, June 24 (IANS) The death toll from the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing and export facility near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district has risen to 10, even as 68 workers continue to receive treatment in hospitals across Chennai and neighbouring areas, according to the latest Health and Family Welfare Department bulletin released on Wednesday. The leak occurred on June 21 at the seafood processing unit located at Kannigaipair-Manjangaranai near Periyapalayam, expos…
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday enhanced the ex-gratia assistance for the families of women workers who lost their lives in the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district on June 21, raising it from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. Expressing deep grief over the death of Odia workers, CM Majhi had earlier announced ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to the next…
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the deadly ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district and issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar and Director General of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, seeking a detailed report on the incident within two weeks. Acting on media reports about the industrial accident, the commission said that the tragedy, which has so far claimed ni…
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The first session of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly under Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay entered its final phase, with the Chief Minister set to deliver his reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address amid intense exchanges between the ruling party and the Opposition.The Assembly session began on June 18 with Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar’s address. Following a Business Advisory Committee meeting, it was decided that the session would be …
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The death toll due to the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export unit near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district has risen to nine, with health authorities confirming another fatality on Tuesday. The incident, which occurred on June 21 at a facility in the Kannigaipair-Manjangaranai area, has emerged as one of the State’s most serious industrial accidents in recent years.According to the Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department, a total of 80 …
Chennai, June 21 (IANS) At least seven workers were killed and several others hospitalised after a suspected ammonia gas leak at a seafood export processing unit near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district on Sunday, officials said.According to police and official sources, the leak occurred at a private seafood processing and export facility in Kannigaipair village in the district where a large number of migrant workers were employed. Many of them reside within the premises.Around 120…