At least 100 people, including three photo journalists, were on Wednesday hospitalised after they complained of breathing problem following leakage of chlorine gas from a water filter plant of Tata Motors in Jamshedpur, a top district administration official said.
“Around 100 to 125 people were admitted to a hospital following chlorine gas leak from a gas cylinder in the water filter plant, Deputy Commissioner of East Singhbhum Ravindra Agarwal said.
According to the company’s assistant general manager (administration/security) Capt P J Singh, there was a chlorine leak from the filter plant in the afternoon. Later in a statement, Tata Motors said the chlorine leak has been plugged and about 60-70 residents who reported breathing difficulty were admitted to the Tata Motors hospital in Jamshedpur.
Former chief minister and leader of the opposition Arjun Munda and JMM MP Suman Mahto visited the hospital where scores of patients were admitted with breathing problems. “Several persons have been admitted to the hospitals and some are in the ICU,” Munda told waiting newsmen at the hospital.