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On 6 January 2022, at least six people died and 22 people became sick following
gas leak A gas leak refers to a leak of natural gas or another gaseous product from a pipeline or other containment into any area where the gas should not be present. Gas leaks can be hazardous to health as well as the environment. Even a small leak into ...
from a tanker in an industrial area in Sachin,
Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now ...
,
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, India.


Incident and rescue

Around 4:25 am
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on 6 January 2022, the gas leaked from a tanker parked in Sachin GIDC, an industrial area. It was reported that the driver of the tanker was illegally dumping the chemical waste in the drain which resulted in the gas leak. The driver fled. The labourers sleeping in nearby textile mill and outside were affected. They fell unconscious following inhaling the leaked gas and were admitted in the New Civil Hospital in Surat. At least six people died and 22 people were hospitalised. Two stray dogs also died. The fire brigade sealed the tanker. The leaked chemical was identified as sodium hydrosulphite. The people from the area were evacuated as a precaution.


Relief

The
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paid an ''
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'' of while the textile mill owner where the labourers worked paid to the
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of each person who died.


Investigation

The initial investigation revealed that the chemical was purchased from Hikal Ltd, a pharma-chemical factory from Taloja in
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on pretext of selling it to another company and then was illegally dump in Surat by the accused. An FIR was also register against the managing director of the Hikal Ltd and other officials. Eleven people were arrested by state police. Later the case was transferred to the crime branch which had arrested 13 people by April 2022 and five people were absconding. The
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(NGT) issued notice to the
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. The NGT constituted nine member committee for investigation. The report from committee was accepted in March 2023.


See also

* Visakhapatnam gas leak * List of industrial disasters


References

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